· 11/25/1970
Hernandez v. Cali, Inc.
Citations
- 27 N.Y.2d 903
- 265 N.E.2d 921
- 317 N.Y.S.2d 625
- 1970 N.Y. LEXIS 975
How courts have described this case
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- “An inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”
- “An inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”
- “A person who is illiterate in the English language is not automatically excused from complying with the terms of a contract simply because he or she could not read it.”
- “A party who executes a contract is presumed to know its contents and to assent to them. . . . [and] [a]n inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”
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