CONTRACT, ESTOPPEL BY - Black's Law Dictionary

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There are two sorts  of "estoppel by contract," estoppel to deny truth of facts agreed on and  settled by force of entering into contract, and estoppel arising from acts  done  under or in performance of contract. In re Schofield's Estate, 101 Colo. 443, 73 P.2d 1381. Finch v. Smith, 177 Okl. 307, 58 P.2d 850, 851.

"Estoppel by contract" is intended to embrace  all cases in which there  is an actual or virtual undertaking to treat a fact as settled. Jackson v. United Gas Public Service Co., 198 So. 633, 640, 196 La. 1. It means  party is bound  by terms of own contract until set aside or annulled for fraud, accident, or mistake. United Fidelity Life  Ins. Co.  v. Fowler, Tex.Civ.App., 38 S.W.2d 128, 131.

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