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Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co., 108 A.D.2d 607 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 1985). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
101 citation events (37 in the last 25 years) across 8 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: OCFBrook Holdings, LLC v. TKS Brooklyn Ctr. Holding, LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 51611(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York Cty. 2024)
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484 N.Y.S.2d at 835 Distinguishing breach of contract from fraud claims13 citing casesstating that “[a] failure to perform promises of future acts is merely a breach of contract1 citing court put it this way
  • OCFBrook Holdings, LLC v. TKS Brooklyn Ctr. Holding, LLC, 2024 NY Slip Op 51611(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York Cty. 2024).unpublished
    A cause of action for fraud does not arise when the only fraud charged relates to a breach of contract." Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co. Ltd. , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dept. 1985).
  • Buckman v. Calyon Sec. (usa) Inc., 817 F. Supp. 2d 322 (S.D.N.Y. 2011).published
    A cause of action for fraud does not arise when the only fraud charged relates to a breach of contract.’ ”) (quoting Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co., 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t 1985)). 99 .
  • Trepel v. Abdoulaye, 185 F. Supp. 2d 308 (S.D.N.Y. 2002).published
    Damon & Co., Inc. v. Softkey Software Products, Inc., 811 F.Supp. 986, 992 (S.D.N.Y.1993) (citing Tesoro Petroleum Corporation v. Holborn Oil Company Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (App. Div. 1st Dep’t 1985)).
  • Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. v. IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC Sys., 176 F. Supp. 2d 199 (S.D.N.Y. 2001).published 4 cites
    Damon & Co., Inc. v. Softkey Software Products, Inc., 811 F.Supp. 986, 992 (S.D.N.Y.1993) (citing Tesoro Petroleum Corporation v. Holborn Oil Company Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t 1985)).
  • Papa's-June Music, Inc. v. McLean, 921 F. Supp. 1154 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).published 2 cites
    Co., 159 A.D.2d 698, 700 , 553 N.Y.S.2d 187, 189 (2d Dep’t.1990); Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holbom Oil Co., 108 A.D.2d 607, 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t.1985); Sudul, 868 F.Supp. at 63 ; Best Western Int’l, Inc., 1994 WL 465905 ,…
  • Update Traffic Sys., Inc. v. Gould, 857 F. Supp. 274 (E.D.N.Y. 1994).published
    Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co. Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607, 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dept.1985).
  • LTV Aerospace & Def. Co. v. Thomson-CSF, S.A. (In Re Chateaugay Corp.), 155 B.R. 636 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1993).published
    A cause of action for fraud does not arise when the only fraud charged relates to a breach of contract.” Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co., Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607, 608 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t), appeal dismissed, 65 N.Y.2d…
  • Deligiannis v. PepsiCo, Inc., 757 F. Supp. 241 (S.D.N.Y. 1991).published
    Lanzi v. Brooks, 54 A.D.2d 1057 , 388 N.Y.S.2d 946 *254 (3d Dept.1976), aff 'd, 43 N.Y.2d 778 , 402 N.Y.S.2d 384 , 373 N.E.2d 278 (1977); Radish Pharmacy, Inc. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater New York, Inc., 114 A.D.2d 439 , 494 N…
  • Words, Inc. v. Xerox Corp., No. 99-1182 (4th Cir. Mar. 2, 2000).unpublished
    See Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co., Ltd., 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (N.Y.
  • Sado v. Israel, 882 F. Supp. 1401 (S.D.N.Y. 1995).published 2 cites
    See Tesoro Petroleum v. Holborn Oil, 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t 1985).
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  • Frito-Lay, Inc. v. LTV Corp. (In Re Chateaugay Corp.), 156 B.R. 391 (S.D.N.Y. 1993).published 2 cites
    See Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co., 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t), appeal dismissed, 65 N.Y.2d 637 (1985); Geler v. National Westminster Bank USA, 770 F.Supp. 210, 213 (S.D.N.Y.1991); Airlines Reporting Corp…
  • R.H. Damon & Co. v. Softkey Software Prods., Inc., 811 F. Supp. 986 (S.D.N.Y. 1993).published 2 cites
    See Tesoro Petroleum Corporation v. Holborn Oil Company Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607, 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t 1985).
  • Kenevan v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield, 791 F. Supp. 75 (S.D.N.Y. 1992).published 2 cites
    See also Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holbom Oil Co., Ltd,., 108 A.D.2d 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1985) (stating that “[a] failure to perform promises of future acts is merely a breach of contract”).
At page 607 Determining the scope of the statute of limitations3 citing cases
  • Natura Dev. N.V. v. HEH Advisors LLC, No. 1:19-cv-01797-PKC (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 4, 2020).
    Damon & Co., Inc. v. Softkey Software Products, Inc., 811 F. Supp. 986, 992 (S.D.N.Y.1993) (citing Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holborn Oil Co. Ltd., 108 A.D.2d 607, 607 (1st Dep’t 1985), appeal dismissed, 65 N.Y.2d 637 (N.Y. 1985).).
  • Cronos Grp. Ltd. v. XComIP, LLC, 156 A.D.3d 54 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2017).published 4 cites
    Thus, the allegedly false promise at issue in the fraud claim was, according to the complaint, a promise to perform under the parties' contract, not any promise collateral or extraneous to that contract ( see Havell Capital , 84 AD3d at 58…
  • Papa's-June Music, Inc. v. McLean, 921 F. Supp. 1154 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).published 2 cites
    Co., 159 A.D.2d 698, 700 , 553 N.Y.S.2d 187, 189 (2d Dep’t.1990); Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Holbom Oil Co., 108 A.D.2d 607, 607 , 484 N.Y.S.2d 834, 835 (1st Dep’t.1985); Sudul, 868 F.Supp. at 63 ; Best Western Int’l, Inc., 1994 WL 465905 ,…
q1 “falsely promised to perform 'future acts”1 citing case1 citing court quotes it · passage not found verbatim in the opinion (67%)
  • Cronos Grp. Ltd. v. XComIP, LLC, 156 A.D.3d 54 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't 2017).published 4 cites
    Thus, the allegedly false promise at issue in the fraud claim was, according to the complaint, a promise to perform under the parties' contract, not any promise collateral or extraneous to that contract ( see Havell Capital , 84 AD3d at 58…
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Tesoro Petroleum Corporation
v.
Holborn Oil Company Limited
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
Feb 5, 1985.
Published opinion
108 A.D.2d 607
1985 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 42963
Cited by 61 opinions  |  Published

Order of the Supreme Court, New York County (B. Wright, J.), entered July 31, 1984, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the fourth cause of action in the complaint, is reversed, on the law, to the extent appealed from, and the motion by defendants to dismiss the fourth cause of action granted, without costs.

Plaintiff alleged in its complaint breach of contract by defendants, and, in the fourth cause of action, fraud in the inducement of the contract. Plaintiff asserted that defendants’ agent falsely assured plaintiff’s employee that defendants would perform under the contract and that the representation was made with the intent to deceive. However, plaintiff did not allege that defendants breached any duty owed to plaintiff separate and apart from the contractual duty when they misrepresented their intent to perform as promised. Nor has plaintiff claimed any special damages proximately caused by the false representation, not recoverable under the contract measure of damages. Consequently, the fourth cause of action was redundant and should have been dismissed.

A failure to perform promises of future acts is merely a breach of contract to be enforced by an action on the contract. A cause of action for fraud does not arise when the only fraud charged relates to a breach of contract (see, Wegman v Dairylea Coop., 50 AD2d 108, 113, lv dismissed 38 NY2d 918; Miller v Volk & Huxley, 44 AD2d 810). Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Ross, Asch and Kassal, JJ.