California Supreme Court July 1, 1861 (Green & Middlesworth v. Prettyman)

Baldwin, J. delivered the opinion of the Court

Field, C. J. concurring.

The Court erred in giving the second instruction asked by the defendant. This instruction, taken in connection with the facts of the record, did not place the doctrine of equitable estoppel correctly before the jury. We have given the true rule in the case of Biddle Boggs v. Merced Mining Co., (14 Cal.