Legal Opinion

Small v. Dorsett

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 12, 1944PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSoheNCK, J.

Tbe first question wbicb arises on tbis appeal is: was there sufficient evidence of fraud to survive tbe demurrer thereto? Tbe answer to tbis question is in tbe affirmative.

Tbe evidence is to tbe effect that tbe defendant, a banker of experience and a friend of tbe plaintiff, a woman of no business experience, in response to her request of him for advice as to depositing her money in a certain bank replied that be could invest her money for her so she would realize 6% therefor, that be could and would invest it so it would be “as good as gold,” that be would invest it in notes held by tbe…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Abbitt v. . GregorySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  2. May v. . LoomisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  3. Whitehurst v. . Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  4. Griffin v. Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  5. Bolich v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Forbis v. NealSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2007
  2. Vail v. VailSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  3. Nowell v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  4. Herring v. OffuttCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
  5. Security Trust Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948

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