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· 7/16/1976

Richfield Bank & Trust Co. v. Sjogren

Citations

  • 244 N.W.2d 648
  • 309 Minn. 362
  • 1976 Minn. LEXIS 1547

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that where bank had “[a]ctual knowledge of the fraudulent activities of one of its depositors, it had an affirmative duty to disclose those facts ... before it engaged in making [a] loan ... which furthered the fraud.”
  • concluding that a bank that had actual knowledge that one of its depositors was irretrievably insolvent and thus engaging in fraud by entering into a contract with the plaintiff had a duty to disclose the depositor’s insolvency to the plaintiff
  • stating that a party to a transaction has a duty to disclose information to prevent his words from misleading the other party
  • stating that a party to a transaction has a duty to disclose information to prevent his words from misleading the other party
  • stating that a party to a transaction has a duty to disclose informa-tion to prevent his words from misleading the other party
  • bank had actual knowledge of its depositor’s fraudulent activities

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Judges: Sheran, Otis, Kelly, MacLaughlin, Scott

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