Legal Opinion

Idaho Land Co. v. Parsons

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1892PublishedCited by 7 opinions

APPEAL from District Court, Bingham County. The fixing of a boundary by agreement is conclusive or effectual only where the true boundary has been or is in controversy, and parties agree on a new one, thus abandoning the-•old. (Manufacturing Go. v. Packer, 129 H. S. 688, 9 Sup. Ct.

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APPEAL from District Court, Bingham County. The fixing of a boundary by agreement is conclusive or effectual only where the true boundary has been or is in controversy, and parties agree on a new one, thus abandoning the-•old. (Manufacturing Go. v. Packer, 129 H. S. 688, 9 Sup. Ct. Rep. 385; Quick v. Nitschelm, 139'111. 251, 28 N. E. 926;: Hatfield v. Workman, 35 W. Ya. 578, 14 S. E. 153.) The-relation of husband and wife creates no agency in the husband,, and his misrepresentations concerning his wife’s property, not assented to by her, create no estoppel against her. (Bigelow on Estoppel,…

1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.

This is an action in ejectment, brought by the appellant, to recover the possession of one and eleven-sixteenths acres of land, claimed to be a part of the south half of the northwest quarter of section 3, township 3 south, range *45235 east, Boise meridian, and for damages. The defense interposed was a denial of appellant’s ownership and right of possession, and a claim of ownership by the respondent. The ease was tried by the court, without a jury, and a judgment entered in favor of the respondent. A motion for a new trial was made by appellant, and overruled by the court. This appeal is from…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Smith v. HamiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Houston v. SneedTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  3. Fisher v. BennehoffIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Schraeder Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. PackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  5. Cavanaugh v. JacksonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bayhouse v. UrquidesIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Campbell v. WeisbrodIdaho Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Hyde v. LawsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Hoar v. HennessyMontana Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Norwood v. StevensIdaho Court of Appeals · 1982

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