Wampol v. Kountz

Citations

• 14 S.D. 334
• 85 N.W. 595
• 1901 S.D. LEXIS 21

Syllabus

<p>Parties who passively, willfully, and knowingly suffer another to purchase unoccupied land and expended money thereon under an honest, though erroneous, belief, based on the county records, that his vendor’s title is perfect, and that the deed under which the vendor claims, is genuine and not a forgery, are estopped from asserting their title, as against the purchaser, after concealing their claim and the forgery for more than thirteen years for the purpose of shielding the vendor from the consequences of his crime.</p>