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…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 or duress…

…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…