Supreme Court of Kansas· 4/12/1991

Albers v. Nelson

Citations

809 P.2d 1194
248 Kan. 575
1991 Kan. LEXIS 72

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stating that “in the absence of fraud, a unilateral mistake will not excuse nonperformance of a contract”
recognizing defendant “believed the documents pertained to a loan transaction and did not read the agreement carefully because the parties were rushed to get everything finished”
stating that “the fact that a party signs a contract and does not know its contents is not alone sufficient to permit that party to void it”
“As a general rule, . . . in the absence of fraud, a unilateral mistake will not excuse nonperformance of a contract.”

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