A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and Its Application in Practice |
Other editions - View all
A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and Its Application in Practice Melville M. Bigelow Limited preview - 2023 |
A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and Its Application in Practice Melville M. Bigelow Limited preview - 2023 |
Common terms and phrases
adjudication alleged appeared assignment assumpsit attornment authority Bank Barb bill bound breach brought cause of action cited claim collateral conclusive contract conveyance court held covenant creditor damages debt decided decision declaration decree deed demand demurrer doctrine Duchess of Kingston effect ejectment estopped estopped to deny estoppel evidence execution fact favor fee simple feoffment foreign judgments former action former judgment former suit fraud garnishee given grant grantor ground heir impeach indorsement issue judg jurisdiction jury land lease lessor liable Lord Lord Denman marriage matter ment mortgage notice obtained owner parties payment person plaintiff plea possession Post premises principle privies privity proceedings promissory note prove purchase question recital record recover rent replevin representation res judicata rule sentence Smith statute subsequent sued Supreme Court tenant tion trespass trial trover valid verdict warranty Wend writ writ of right
Popular passages
Page 476 - But 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 averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time...
Page 37 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true : first, that the judgment of a Court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another Court: secondly, that the judgment of a court of exclusive jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is, in like manner, conclusive upon the same...
Page 480 - Estoppel (p. 570j, states that the following elements must be present in order to an estoppel by conduct: "(1) There must have been a false representation or a concealment of material facts. (2) The representation must have been made with knowledge of the facts. (3) The party to whom it was made must have been ignorant of the truth of the matter. (4) It must have been made with the Intention that the other party should act upon It. (5) The other party must have been induc-ed to act upon it.
Page 49 - ... to a certainty, and the object of the suit attained so far as it can be at that stage; and it would be useless and vexatious to subject the defendant to another suit for the purpose of obtaining the same result. Hence the legal maxim, transit in rem judicatam, the cause of action is changed into matter of record, which is of a higher nature, and the inferior remedy is merged in the higher.
Page 195 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 342 - ... or them shall or will by any way or means have claim, or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises or their appurtenances or to any part or parcel thereof forever.
Page lx - ... 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, so as 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.
Page 262 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 181 - Upon principle, it would seem, that the operation of every judgment must depend on the power of the court to render that judgment; or, in other words, on its jurisdiction over the subjectmatter, which it has determined.
Page 196 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from which they are taken.