Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary conduct of a party whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might, perhaps, have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy... Albany Law Journal - Page 2571886Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 2042 pages
...definition of equitable estoppel, as given by modern authorities, to the facts of this case. Pomeroy says: "Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person... | |
| John Norton Pomeroy - Equitable remedies - 1882 - 844 pages
...that the following definition is accurate, nnd covers all phases and applications of the doctrine. Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person... | |
| William Henry Malone - Real property - 1883 - 824 pages
...reasonably accurate, though slightly different in form from that often given by text-writers ; it is this: " Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...and in equity, from asserting rights which might, perhaps, have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1132 pages
...elements constituting equitable estoppel are defined and stated by Mr. Pomeroy, supra, to be as follows : "Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1230 pages
...it was. In Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence, p. 804, It Is said: "Equity estoppel has been defined as 'the effect of the voluntary conduct of a party whereby...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1372 pages
...whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract,...against another person who has in good faith relied upon íuich conduct, and has been led thereby to change his position for the worse, and who on his part... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1020 pages
...the option, are the only facts upon which this estoppel may be claimed, and that is not enough. "An equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...conduct of a party whereby he is absolutely precluded from asserting rights which might otherwise exist as against another person who has in good faith relied... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1218 pages
...whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person who in good faith relied upon such conduct, and has been led thereby to change his position for the worse,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1208 pages
...the representations to plaintiff that the property was good security and clear of all other liens." "Equitable estoppel is the effect of the voluntary...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property, of contract, or of remedy, as against another person,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1336 pages
...Scharfeuberg v. Town of New Decatur, 155 Ala. 651, 47 South. 95. Equitable estoppel (estoppel in pnis) "is the effect of the voluntary conduct of a party...law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed, either of property. of contract, or of remedy, as against another person,... | |
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