St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum v. Madison-Warren Corp.

The case is before this court upon a bill of exceptions to certain conclusions of law. The findings of fact are satisfactory to both parties. The appeal book contains no testimony. The judgment grants plaintiff a mandatory injunction compelling defendant to remove certain buildings from a right of way owned by the plaintiff. The main question here is whether plaintiff is estopped. On that subject the gist of the findings is that defendant’s predecessors negotiated with plaintiff for the purchase of plaintiff’s easement in an alleyway; that they believed plaintiff’s representations and relied…