GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

Chapter 266: Section 35. Non-applicability of secs. 30, 31 and 34.

Section 35. Sections thirty, thirty-one and thirty-four shall not apply to a purchase of property by means of a false pretence relative to the purchaser's means or ability to pay, if, by the terms of the purchase, payment therefor is not to be made upon or before the delivery of the property purchased, unless such pretence is made in writing and is signed by the person to be charged.

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Commentary:

Two wrongs don't make a right. And a verbal contract is still a contract, even if it's only as good as the paper it's written on. There is no need to make it easier to get out of a legal agreement than it already is.

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