Willis v. Carpenter
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Error to the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. [This was a proceeding by Charles Carpenter and others against Charles J. Willis. From a decree of the district court in favor of plaintiffs (case unreported) defendant appealed.]
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFOBD, Circuit Justice.
Owners of property may be estopped to set up their title to the same, if it appears that they failed to assert such title when it was claimed by another, and that they suffered such claimant, *68without objection, to sell the property to an innocent third person for a valuable consideration. Defenses of the kind have often been made with success, until it may be said that the rule of law is clear, that where one, by his words or conduct, willfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Everett v. SaltusNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- Jewett v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Andrews v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1865
- Turner v. WaldoSupreme Court of Vermont · 1867