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A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a ... - Page 684
by William Wait - 1879
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ...

Alexander James - 1855 - 488 pages
...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 in this belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is precluded from averring against...
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The House of Lords Cases on Appeals and Writs of Error, Claims of ..., Volume 5

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Charles Clark, William Finnelly - 1857 - 1044 pages
...rule laid down in Pickard v. Sean, That rule is, ' that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain...of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas and in ..., Volume 2

John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1858 - 568 pages
...the Court of Exchequer in Freeman v. Cooke, — that, " where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain...of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different...
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 4

James Kent - 1858 - 778 pages
...with admirable precision by Baron Park e, as follows: Where one, by his words or conduct, ,rilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain...of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is coneluded from averring, against the latter, a...
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Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and ...

Ireland. High Court of Chancery - 1859 - 682 pages
...rule of law is clear, that when 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 belkf, " so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded " from averring against...
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The Law of Evidence: Applicable to the Courts of the East India Company ...

John Bruce Norton - 1859 - 638 pages
...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 en that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 13

Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1859 - 732 pages
...become the purchaser, or if, by his acts, his conduct or his words, he causes another to believe in a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, he will be estopped by such proceedings on his part. Marsh v. Smith, 5 Rob., 218 ; Blancliard v. Allain,...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 247

Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 710 pages
...litigant it must appear the person against whom it is invoked has by his words or conduct caused him to believe in the existence of a certain state of things and induced him to act upon that belief. If both parties are equally cognizant of the facts and one has...
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The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and ..., Volume 6; Volume 145

Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Paxton Norman - 1862 - 1014 pages
...risk." The plaintiff relies on the principle that, if one person by his words or conduct wilfully 1 causes another to believe in the existence of a certain...state of things, and induces him to act on that belief or to alter his previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different...
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Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and ...

Ireland. High Court of Chancery - 1864 - 668 pages
...case like the present? The rule is thus laid down — That where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain...of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different...
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