Legal Opinion · Dissent

Derbeck v. Albright

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 1925Published

1DissentCrownhart, J.

{dissenting). The statement of facts in the main opinion is quite complete and I will hot repeat. It is said in the opinion: “We are satisfied that Sharon, the agent of the defendant, perpetrated a moral fraud upon the plaintiff.” I think it was that, and more. It was a criminal fraud. Palotta v. State, 184 Wis. 290, 199 N. W. 72; Corscot v. State, 178 Wis. 661, 190 N. W. 465; Stecher v. State, 168 Wis. 183, 169 N. W. 287.

*521Fraud has been aptly defined as—

“. . . a generic term, and embraces all the multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise, and are resorted to by one individual to get…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Palotta v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Kuelkamp v. HiddingWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Barr v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1846
  4. Corscot v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Stecher v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1918

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