Estes v. Republic National Bank of Dallas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that absent fraud, failure to read contract before signing it is generally not ground to avoid it
• concluding that absent fraud, failure to read contract before signing it is generally not ground to avoid it
• concluding that absent fraud, failure to read contract before signing it is generally not ground to avoid it
• rejecting challenge to enforcement of clause allegedly included by mutual mistake because parol evidence offered to negate clause failed “clear, exact, and satisfactory” standard
• “[T]he general rule is that in the absence of a showing of fraud or imposition, a party’s failure to read an instrument before signing it is not a ground for avoiding it.”
• absent fraud, failure to read contract generally is not ground to avoid it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).