National Republic Bank v. National Homes Construction Corp.

National Republic Bank of Chicago (hereafter the Bank or plaintiff) filed a complaint against National Homes Construction Corporation (hereafter NHCC or defendant) alleging that NHCC, with intent to defraud, misrepresented material facts to induce the Bank to continue the payroll funding of one of defendant’s minority subcontractors and that as a result plaintiff suffered financial loss. After a bench trial, plaintiff recovered a judgment of *47j036.17 against defendant. Defendant appeals, contending that the trial court’s holding is against the manifest weight of the evidence, that rulings on…