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· 1/22/1940

American Trust Co. v. California Western States Life Insurance

Citations

  • 15 Cal. 2d 42
  • 98 P.2d 497
  • 1940 Cal. LEXIS 188

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that nondisclosure cannot \amount to constructive fraud unless the party is a fiduciary with a duty to disclose\
  • “Regardless of whether one is under a duty to speak or disclose facts, one who does speak must speak the whole truth, and not by partial suppression or concealment make the utterance untruthful and misleading”
  • “Regardless of whether one is under a duty to speak or disclose facts, one who does speak must speak the whole truth, and not by partial suppression or concealment make the utterance untruthful and misleading.”

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Judges: Carter

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