Chapter VIII Estoppel

Question 1

Section 115

Answer 1

Estoppel — When one person has by his declaration, act or omission, intentionally caused or permitted another person to believe a thing to be true and to act upon such belief, neither he nor his representative shall be allowed, in any suit or proceeding between himself and such person or his representative, to deny the truth of that thing.

Question 2

Section 116

Answer 2

Estoppel of Tenant and of License of Person in Possession — No tenant of immovable property, or person claiming through such tenant shall, during the continuance of the tenancy, be permitted to deny that the landlord of such tenant had, at the beginning of the tenancy, a title to such immovable property; and no person who came upon any immovable property by the license of the person in possession thereof, shall be permitted to deny that such person has a title to such possession at the time when such license was given.

Question 3

Section 117

Answer 3

Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee — No acceptor of a bill of exchange shall be permitted to deny that the drawer had authority of draw such bill or to endorse it; nor shall any bailee or licensee be permitted to deny that his bailor or licensor had, at the time when the bailment or license commenced, authority to make such bailment or grant such license.
Explanation (1). The acceptor of a bill of exchange may deny that the bill was really drawn by the person by whom it purports to have been drawn.
Explanation (2). If a bailee delivers the goods bailed to a person other than the bailor, he may prove that such person had a right to them as against the bailor.