2 N.J. Misc. 179 | N.J. | 1924
This action was brought for the recovery of $1,000, paid by the plaintiff to the defendants, under a written contract on account of the purchase price of certain lands therein described. The case was tried before a jury and- resulted in a verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.
The written contract provided that this property should be conveyed, subject to certain mortgages to be held by banks, the particular banks not being specifíéd. When the deed was tendered, the mortgages as - provided by the contract had been procured, but were not held by banks, and therefore the plaintiff refused to accept the deed. The defendants met that situation by proof that the plaintiff shortly
Manifestly, the trial court was correct in invoking the doctrine of estoppel against him, for, as was declared in Thorne v. Mosher, 20 N. J. Eq. 257, a party is not allowed to take advantage of an act done, or the omission to do it, where such act or omission was designedly caused by himself.
The judgment will be affirmed.