The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from... American Law and Procedure - Page 363edited by - 1910Full view - About this book
| Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 784 pages
...right and justice, than that if a man, by his words or acts, intentionally causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces...belief, so as to alter his own previous position, he is concluded from averring to the con* trary, if injury must result to him whom he has misled. The... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 932 pages
...established in Pirkftrd v. Sears (8), that if a man, by his words or acts, causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act in that belief, so as to alter his own previous condition, the former is estopped from denying the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1873 - 962 pages
...this suit, on the well-known principle, for which Pickard v. Sears (1) is the leading authority, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on the belief, so as to alter... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 728 pages
...divested by gift or sale, of which no specific act was even surmised. But the rule of law is clear, that where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes...to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time... | |
| Ireland. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1850 - 646 pages
...(h) ; Cruchley v. Clarence (f) ; Stone v. Marsh (k). In Pichard v. Sears (/) Lord Denman says : — " "Where one by his " words or conduct wilfully causes...him to act on that belief so " as to alter his own position, the former is concluded from averring " against the latter a different state of things as... | |
| Graham Willmore, Frederick Luard Wollaston, Henry Davison - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 810 pages
...surmised. But the rule oi is clear, that where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another : believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to ar: that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is conclndf. from averring against... | |
| Joseph Story - Equity - 1839 - 658 pages
...occasion Lord Dcuman, in delivering the opinion of the Court, said ; " The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief •o as to alter... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1840 - 796 pages
...was in substance quite in accordance with the principle laid down in Pickard v. Sears (c), that, " where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes...to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time."... | |
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