Ellsworth v. Ellsworth

Citations

• 140 Ill. 509
• 30 N.E. 672

Syllabus

<p>1. Estoppel—to assert legal title in lands—■extension to heirs. Where a father expressly recognizes one of his sons as the equitable owner of a tract of land, the legal title being in the former, and by his advice another son purchases the land of his brother, paying the full value thereof, the father will thereafter be estopped from denying that the son so purchasing obtained the equitable title to the land, and such, estoppel extends to the heirs of the father.</p> <p>2. Where a person by his advice and direction causes another to purchase land of one claiming title thereto, at its full value, he will be estopped from asserting the legal title resting in his name, as against such purchaser.</p>