Hand-written contract legally binding?

:slight hijack:

What if I sign the contract with some one else’s name or misspell my name? If my last name is White, but my hand writting is so bad it looks like Whale, can I argue that I did not intend to write my name so as to get out of the contract? What if my name is Bob Smith but I always spell and sign it Daffy Duck, will I still be held to that contract?

Yup. Crossing your fingers doesn’t work, either.

. . . as the Army recruiter explained to me.

Your question was the subject of a recent thread.

Anyone who wishes may use my disclaimer – I disclaim my ownership. :wink:

I have been more careful about it in this thread than in others because it seems the sort of question that may be based in a real-life factual situation.

–Cliffy