· 2/16/1970
Ferrelli v. Department of Employment Security
Citations
- 261 A.2d 906
- 106 R.I. 588
- 1970 R.I. LEXIS 960
How courts have described this case
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- stating that a public agency or its officers must be “acting within their authority” before the doctrine of estoppel can be applied against them
- \[I]t is well settled that the authority of a public agent to bind a municipality must be actual.\
- estoppel may apply in proper cases where great injustice or loss would result
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Judges: Roberts, Paolino, Powers, Joslin, Kelleher
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