Proctor Trust Co. v. Upper Valley Press, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• considering opinions “which [plaintiffs] knew were extremely likely to turn out to be false” combined with income projections based on highly unreliable data which “closely resemble misrepresentations of existing fact”
• consolidated judgment granted plaintiff decree of foreclosure, but set off against the mortgage note the amount of defendants’ verdict on their counterclaim for fraud and deceit
• scheme to defraud involved projections based on unreliable data, which court found “resemble[d] misrepresentations of existing fact”
• trial court within its discretion to deny attorney’s fees to plaintiff upon foreclosure, as provided for in mortgage, “where the jury had found the plaintiff chargeable with fraud and deceit”
• “mere expressions of opinion” cannot be basis for fraud action
• “ ‘Actual fraud’ is deceitful misrepresentation or concealment with evil intent[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).