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· 5/24/2001

Geddes v. Mill Creek Country Club, Inc.

Citations

  • 751 N.E.2d 1150
  • 196 Ill. 2d 302
  • 256 Ill. Dec. 313
  • 2001 Ill. LEXIS 488

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the plaintiffs were estopped from bringing their claims of intentional trespass and private nuisance based on golf balls entering their property where they previously had agreed to the location of the defendants’ fairway
  • holding that the plaintiffs were estopped from bringing their claims of intentional trespass and private nuisance based on golf balls entering their property where they previously had agreed to the location of the defendants’ fairway
  • noting that one element of equitable estoppel is that \the party claiming estoppel reasonably relied upon the [other party's] representations in good faith to [its] detriment\
  • finding that a party claiming equitable estoppel must “not know that [misrepresentations] were untrue when they were made”
  • noting that one element of equitable estoppel is that “the party claiming estoppel reasonably relied upon the [other party’s] representations in good faith to [its] detriment”
  • discussing the elements of estoppel and acknowledging that “ [although fraud is an essential element, it is sufficient that a fraudulent or unjust effect results from allowing another person to raise a claim inconsistent with his or her former declarations”

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Judges: Freeman

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