Thomas v. Romano

Citations

• 82 Miss. 256

Syllabus

<p>1. Estoppel. Conduct. Divestiture of title. Absence of fraud.</p> <p>In the absence of fraud, misrepresentation, culpable silence, or their equivalent, a party cannot by estoppel be divested of title to real estate.</p> <p>3. Same. Falsehood. Knowledge of facts.</p> <p>An equitable estoppel can be predicated of conduct only where the party sought to be estopped acts with full knowledge of the facts, unless he asserts to be true that which he does not know to be true, and his adversary relies upon the statement and'thereby suffers • injury.</p> <p>3. Tax Title. Cancellation. Liability of complaina/nt.</p> <p>Where a tax title is vacated at the suit of a party, the complainant is liable for the taxes paid by the grantee in the tax deed, with damages, interest and cost.</p>