Walton v. Shelley rule
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From 36 U.S. 86 - United States v. Jacob Isaac Leffler · 1837Most cited · 29 citing opinions
every man who is a party to an instrument, gives credit to it; that it was of consequence to mankind, that no person should hang out false colors to deceive them, by first affixing his signature to a paper, and then giving testimony to invalidate it. And the civil law maxim, nemo allegans suam turpitudinem audiendus est, was relied on.