Legal Opinion
Martin v. Alford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 1958No. 19975PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
1. “Any representation, act, or artifice intended to deceive, and which does deceive another, is such a fraud as may authorize cancellation of a written contract; but a party to a contract who can read must read or show a legal excuse for not doing so; and ordinarily, if fraud is the excuse, it must be such fraud as prevents the party from reading. Nor in such case will a mere fraudulent statement by the opposite party or his agent as to the contents of the writing furnish a legal excuse; . . .” Livingston v. Barnett, 193 Ga. 640 (4) (19 S. E. 2d 385); Lewis v. Foy, 189 Ga. 596…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lewis v. FoySupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Higgins v. TrenthamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Livingston v. BarnettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Hendrick v. DanielSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Dowling v. DoyleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. FordhamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Samuel Jacobowitz v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- Carr v. Jacuzzi Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Canales v. Wilson Southland Insurance AgencyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Curtis v. First National Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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