Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Missouri
Verbal Contract
If someone enters into a verbal contract under false pretenses, is that contract still valid or does that make the contract null?
Asked on 6/12/01, 7:43 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall
Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC
Re: Verbal Contract
Verbal contracts are just as valid as written ones, they are just harder to prove.
Any contract in which one party is mislead or to whom provisions are misrepresented is voidable for fraud.
Answered on 6/28/01, 1:21 pm