Equal means of knowledge, see Hill v. Bush, 19 Ark. 522; Strong v. Peters, 2 Root, 93; McDaniell v. Strohecker, 19 Ga. 432; Knight v. Gaultney, 23 Ill. App. 376; Foley v. Cowgill, 5 Blackf. 18; Boddy v. Henry, 113 Ia. 462; Hinchman v. Weeks, 85 Mich. 535; Bradford v. Wright, 145 Mo. App. 623; Conway Nat. Bank v. Pease, 76 N. H. 319; Long v. Warren, 68 N. Y. 426; Crislip v. Cain, 19 W. Va. 438.

Execution of instrument without reading it, see Dunham Lumber Co. v. Holt, 123 Ala. 336; Robinson v. Glass, 94 Ind. 211; Porter v. United Railways, 165 Mo. App. 619; Muller v. Rosenblath, 157 App. Div. 513; Griffin v. Roanoke Lumber Co., 140 N. C. 514.

Reliance on friendship, see Gray v. Reeves, 69 Wash. 374.

[363]. Arguments omitted; also part of opinion.

[364]. Martin v. Burford, (C. C. A.) 181 Fed. 922; Hutchinson v. Gorman, 71 Ark. 305; Scott v. Moore, 89 Ark. 321; Montgomery v. McLaury, 143 Cal. 83; Teague v. Hall, 171 Cal. 668; Eames v. Morgan, 37 Ill. 260; Ladd v. Pigott, 114 Ill. 647; Kehl v. Abram, 210 Ill. 218 (public records); Backer v. Pyne, 130 Ind. 288 (records); McGibbons v. Wilder, 78 Ia. 531; Faust v. Hosford, 119 Ia. 97 (records); Scott v. Burnight, 131 Ia. 507; McKee v. Eaton, 26 Kan. 226 (records of patent office); Davis v. Jenkins, 46 Kan. 19 (records of land office); Carpenter v. Wright, 52 Kan. 221 (deed records); Trimble v. Ward, 97 Ky. 748; Martin v. Jordan, 60 Me. 531; Braley v. Powers, 92 Me. 203; Harlow v. Perry, 113 Me. 239; David v. Park, 103 Mass. 501 (records of patent office); Holst v. Stewart, 161 Mass. 516; Rollins v. Quimby, 200 Mass. 162 (mortgage records); Jackson v. Armstrong, 50 Mich. 65; Smith v. Werkheiser, 152 Mich. 177; Faribault v. Sater, 13 Minn. 223; Redding v. Wright, 49 Minn. 322; Union Bank v. Hunt, 76 Mo. 439; Cottrill v. Krum, 100 Mo. 397; Stonemets v. Head, 248 Mo. 243; Shearer v. Hill, 125 Mo. App. 375; Gerner v. Mosher, 58 Neb. 135 (books of corporation); Perry v. Rogers, 62 Neb. 898; Martin v. Hutton, 90 Neb. 34; Bradbury v. Haines, 60 N. H. 123; Blossom v. Barrett, 37 N. Y. 434 (records of court); Gage v. Peetsch, 16 Misc. 291 (mortgage records); Blumenfield v. Stine, 42 Misc. 411 (records); Blacknall v. Rowland, 108 N. C. 554; Bank of North America v. Sturdy, 7 R. I. 109; Handy v. Waldron, 19 R. I. 618 (failure to inquire of references); Hunt v. Barker, 22 R. I. 18 (deed records); Wright v. United States Mfg. Co., (Tex. Civ. App.) 42 S. W. 789 (tax records); Chamberlain v. Rankin, 49 Vt. 133; Morrill v. Palmer, 68 Vt. 1; Jordan v. Walker, 115 Va. 109; City v. Tacoma Light Co., 17 Wash. 458; Simons v. Cissna, 52 Wash. 115; Borde v. Kingsley, 76 Wash. 613; Hall v. Bank, 143 Wis. 303 (records); Woteshek v. Neuman, 151 Wis. 365; Rogers v. Rosenfeld, 158 Wis. 285 Accord.

See Henry v. Allen, 93 Ala. 197; Hanger v. Evins, 38 Ark. 334; Wheeler v. Baars, 33 Fla. 696 (records); Forbes v. Thorpe, 209 Mass. 570. Compare Campbell v. Frankem, 65 Ind. 591.

Assertion of title, see: Crandall v. Parks, 152 Cal. 772; Hale v. Philbrick, 42 Ia. 81; Young v. Hopkins, 6 T. B. Mon. 18; Cobb v. Wright, 43 Minn. 83; Manley v. Johnson, 85 Vt. 262.

Statements as to boundaries, see: Roberts v. Plaisted, 63 Me. 335; Olson v. Orton, 28 Minn. 36; Clark v. Baird, Seld. Notes, 187; Schwenk v. Naylor, 102 N. Y. 683; Roberts v. Holliday, 10 S. D. 576.

Plaintiff informed of truth by third person, see: Moncrief v. Wilkinson, 93 Ala. 373; Haight v. Hayt, 19 N. Y. 464; Grosjean v. Galloway, 82 App. Div. 380.

Refusal of defendant to put representation in writing, Ettlinger v. Weil, 184 N. Y. 179.