53-4-10. Mistake of law defined.
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A mistake of law in relation to consent to contract constitutes a mistake resulting in voidable consent only when it arises from:
(1)A misapprehension of the law by all parties, all supposing that they knew and understood it and all making substantially the same mistake as to the law; or
(2)A misapprehension of the law by one party of which the others are aware at the time of contracting, but which they do not rectify.