Carroll v. Peak
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Texas Circuit Court.—Hon. L. B. Wood-side, Judge. (1) The burden of proving fraud rests upon him who charges it, and must be by clear and convincing evidence. Disberger v. Harrington; 28 Mo. App. 632; State ex rel. v. Hope, 102 Mo. 410; Peters v. Miller, 53 Mo. App. 640; Jackson v. Wood, 88 Mo. 76; Taylor v. Crockett, 123 Mo. 300; Tison y. Lahaume, 14 Mo. 128; Naster v. Truesdale, 57 Mo.
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Appeal from Texas Circuit Court.—Hon. L. B. Wood-side, Judge. (1) The burden of proving fraud rests upon him who charges it, and must be by clear and convincing evidence. Disberger v. Harrington; 28 Mo. App. 632; State ex rel. v. Hope, 102 Mo. 410; Peters v. Miller, 53 Mo. App. 640; Jackson v. Wood, 88 Mo. 76; Taylor v. Crockett, 123 Mo. 300; Tison y. Lahaume, 14 Mo. 128; Naster v. Truesdale, 57 Mo. App. 535. (2) A party sui juris will not be permitted to show that he did not read or hear* a contract read. Taylor v. Fox, 16 Mo. App. 527; Penn v. Brashear, 65 Mo. App. 24; Sanderson v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
Plaintiff is a loan agent now residing in Texas county, and defendant a farmer residing in Carter County. On January 2, 1909, defendant signed an application for -a loan upon his farm, addressed to Wells and Adams, Quincy, Illinois. By this application he applied for a loan of two thousand dollars to run for a period of seven years, and to secure the same agreed to execute deeds of trust upon his land and to furnish an abstract showing a clear title, to pay fees for recording deeds of trust, to pay all expenses incurred in perfecting the title, to pay a cash commission of one hundred and…
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