Is there any case law where a party who induces signature to a document by saying something inconsistent with its contents has a reasonable expectation of the other party's assent?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Struct-Con Construction Ltd. v. Meridian Windows & Doors Inc., 2014 ONSC 801 (CanLII):
At ¶341 the author goes on to observe: It would seem that in the context of standard form printed documents the rule proposed in Mendelssohn v. Normand Ltd. [(1970), 1 Q.B. 177 (C.A.)] is sound, for one who induces signature to a document by saying something inconsistent with its contents can never be said to have a reasonable expectation of the other party's assent. The former party cannot reasonably suppose that the signer intended the document to prevail over what had just been said. . .
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