Stone v. Prescott Special School District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; J. H. Crawford, Special Judge • Appellant relied on representations df agents for ap-pellee, and without reading the contract signed the same.
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Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; J. H. Crawford, Special Judge • Appellant relied on representations df agents for ap-pellee, and without reading the contract signed the same. If, through inadvertence or fraud of the agents of appel-lee, párts of the contract were left .out, parol evidence was admissible to show that the 'contract sued on was not the contract entered into by appellant. 94 Ark. 577; 55 Ark. 115; 88 Ark! 385; 116 Ark. 545. . . '!. Relying upon the representations .1 of/ appellee’s agents, appellant accepted the offer, ns made, and if, without appellant’s consent, appellee…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The complaint in this case alleged that appellant was indebted to appellee in the stun of $175, evidenced by a subscription contract, a copy of which was attached as an exhibit to the complaint, and that appellee, relying on the promise of appellant to pay the amount there subscribed by him ($50 per year for a period of ten years) borrowed large sums of money and proceeded to erect and equip a high school building, which it now maintains. That appellee would not have borrowed money nor. erected said high school but for the promise of appellant ajid others to pay the amounts subscribed by…
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