Susan,who is functionally illiterate,asks her friend Jane to read a document aloud to her.She is to sign it in order to purchase chinchillas from Patricia to start a breeding farm.Actually it is a deed transferring ownership of Susan's farm to Patricia and,unknown to Susan,Patricia and Jane have made a secret agreement to sell the farm and share the proceeds.
-Susan could not raise the defence of non est factum if the document she signed was one to purchase chinchillas but for a much higher price than Jane read to her.

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Susan could not raise the defence of non est factum because she was not illiterate and could have read the document herself.

Susan,who Is Functionally Illiterate,asks Her Friend Jane to Read a Document