extrinsic fraud

extrinsic fraud
The character of fraud which will afford a ground for setting aside a judgment, that is, fraud which is collateral to the issues tried in the case wherein the judgment was rendered. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm § 657. For the purpose of a ground of equitable relief against a judgment, fraud which has prevented a party from having a trial, from presenting all his case to the court, or has so affected the manner in which the judgment was taken that there has not been a fair submission of the controversy to the court. Farley v Davis, 10 Wash 2d 62, 116 P2d 263, 155 ALR 1302. For the purpose of serving as a defense to an action on a foreign judgment, any fraudulent conduct of the successful party in the foreign action, practiced directly and affirmatively on the defeated party outside the actual trial of the case, whereby he was prevented from presenting his side of the cause fully and fairly. Britton v Gannon (Okla) 285 P2d 407, 55 ALR2d 667. Actual fraud characterized by an evil intent to take undue advantage of another person for the purpose of actually and knowingly defrauding him. Flood v Templeton, 152 Cal 148, 92 P 78.

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