50 Tex. Civ. App. 312 - Isaacks v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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36 state decisions

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1. “The rule does not, however, dispense with the necessity of diligence on the part of the complainant where the means of discovery are at hand, and in such cases the statute runs from the time when he acquires such knowledge as would put an ordinarily intelligent person on inquiry which, if pursued, would lead to the discovery of the mistake, or briefly, from the time when, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, the mistake might have been discovered. But in order for the rule just stated to apply there must be circumstances to excite plaintiff's suspicion or charge him with notice of the mistake; and no duty to make inquiry arises where defendant has so conducted himself, to plaintiff's knowledge, as to lull him into a sense of security, and justify him in believing that no mistake has been made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gillispie v. Gray