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fraud tolling in equity

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From 327 U.S. 392 - Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 1946Most cited · 3,573 citing opinions

Where a plaintiff has been injured by fraud and 'remains in ignorance of it without any fault or want of diligence or care on his part, the bar of the statute does not begin to run until the fraud is discovered, though there be no special circumstances or efforts on the part of the party committing the fraud to conceal it from the knowledge of the other party.' This equitable doctrine is read into every federal statute of limitation.