Blodgett v. McMurtry
Decision Date | 11 June 1892 |
Citation | 34 Neb. 782,52 N.W. 706 |
Parties | BLODGETT v. MCMURTRY ET AL. |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
1. Where the testimony is conflicting, and the judgment is not against the clear weight of evidence, it will not be set aside.
2. Where one by his own words willfully causes another to believe in a certain state of facts, as by stating that he is not the owner of certain property, and thus induces him to act on such belief so as to alter his own previous position, as by purchasing the property, the former is concluded from afterwards averring against the latter a different state of things from what he then represented.
Appeal from district court, Lancaster county; FIELD, Judge.
Action by Harrison H. Blodgett against James H. McMurtry and others to quiet title to certain land. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.H. H. Blodgett, pro se.
J. R. Webster and Harwood, Ames & Kelly, for appellees.
The plaintiff brought an action against the defendants in the district court of Lancaster county, the cause of action being set forth in the second amended petition as follows: ...
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