Rone v. Sawrey

The appellant states the issues on appeal as follows: “The court based its decree upon the law of estoppel, that the evidence was such , as precluded the plaintiff from asserting his rights tO‘ said real estate and that through silence of the Hitt heirs, the defendants, as Trustees, had acquired title to such lands.”

To this the appellees add: “That the learned Chancellor rendered his decree not upon the theory of estoppel by silence, but by words, acts, acquiescence and silence. ’ ’

We sháll attempt to state such facts as we think are necessary to settle the sole issue of estoppel which is…