Does a party who enters into a contract without disclosing a known condition of insolvency become chargeable with fraud?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Archawski v. Hanioti, 239 F.2d 806 (2nd Cir. 1956):

Under the law of New York, one who enters into a contract without disclosing a known condition of insolvency does not thereby become chargeable with fraud. In Morris v. Talcott, 96 N.Y. 100, it was held, at pages 107-108:

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