...Baron Park e, as follows: Where one, by his words or conduct, ,rilfully 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 own previous position, the former is coneluded from averring, against the latter, a...

...Sears and Gregg v. Wells, and substantially adopted by 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 state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his...

...in Pickurd v. Sears (c), lays down the rule thus (d) : — " But the rule of law is clear, that when one, by his " words or conduct, wilfully causes another...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...

...to every one in particular, who may have had occasion to act upon it ; and the rule of law is clear, that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on the belief, so as to alter...

...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,...

...deny any matter which he has so asserted (2 Adol. & El. 291). 3. By matter in pais, as where a person by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to...to alter his own previous position, the former is precluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the time (6 Adol....

...counsel for the appellant, " that when one by his \vords or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces...previous position, the former is concluded from averring as against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time." To that doctrine the...

...Sears (b), which perhaps only brought, for the first time, this fuller explanation of the doctrine that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes...previous position, the former is concluded from averring as against the latter a different state of things existing at the same time. The estoppel in this case,...

...Sears (b), which perhaps only brought, for the first time, this fuller explanation of the doctrine that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes...previous position; the former is concluded from averring as against the latter a different state of things existing at the same time. The estoppel in this case,...

...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...