Dunbar v. Tobacco Growers Cooperative Ass'n

The whole case pivots on ’the correctness of the involuntary nonsuit, entered at the close of plaintiff’s evidence.

Tbe plaintiff is an illiterate man wbo can neither read nor write. He was induced to sign the paper-writing, purporting to be a marketing contract between the parties; according to his allegation, upon the false and fraudulent representations of the defendant’s agent as to its contents, among other things, to the effect that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff from 60 to 75 per cent of the market value of his tobacco in cash upon delivery, and issue negotiable certificates…