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…fact that the parties had agreed to a sum and that agreement is manifested by the signing of the cheque shows that the plaintiff is entitled to recover that sum unless, as I say, there are some special considerations as fraud…

…The court was in effect saying that a cheque or any bill of exchange constitutes an agreement which may only be vitiated on grounds weighty enough to vitiate any ordinary contract, such as fraud, duress and misrepresentation…

…The defendant filed two affidavits with the object of obtaining leave to defend and made allegations that the lease had been obtained by fraud and that she had a claim for damages for disrepair against the plaintiffs.…