Stegeman v. Vandeventer
57 Cal. App. 2d 753 ·
California Court of Appeal · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a wife who actively participates in a fraudulent transaction engineered by her husband and accepts its benefits cannot escape liability for the fraud, and that a principal defrauded by his agent is not strictly barred from rescission for failure to give pre-suit notice where equitable circumstances render such notice unnecessary to protect the rights of the parties.