Alexander v. Armentrout

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• holding defendants waived defense of equitable estoppel on appeal because they failed to raise defense during trial court proceedings
• holding the plaintiff waived the defense of equitable estoppel on appeal where he failed to raise this defense during trial court proceedings
• holding argument not raised at trial may not be raised for the first time on appeal
• finding that an issue was “not properly preserved for appeal” where the defense was not addressed in the defendants’ answers to either the complaint or amended complaint, at any time during the trial, in a jury instruction, or in their motions for new trial
• “Because the defense of equitable estoppel was never raised during the trial court proceedings, the issue was waived and the Court of Appeals should not have considered the defense.”
• “Additionally, we conclude that the Court of Appeals erroneously relied upon the doctrine of equitable estoppel in reversing the judgment of the trial court because the doctrine was not properly preserved for appeal”

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