Case Title: Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs. v. Estate of Lewis

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State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1996-06-03T00:00:00Z

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ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES v.
ESTATE OF Ruby LEWIS, Deceased

96-131                                             ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                 Opinion delivered June 3, 1996


1.   Estoppel -- elements necessary for finding of. -- Four
     elements are necessary for a finding of estoppel: (1) the
     party to be estopped must know the facts; (2) the party to be
     estopped must intend that the conduct be acted on or must act
     so that the party asserting the estoppel had a right to
     believe it was so intended; (3) the party asserting the
     estoppel must be ignorant of the facts; and (4) the party
     asserting the estoppel must rely on the other's conduct and be
     injured by that reliance.

2.   Estoppel -- availability of defense against State. -- In
     Foote's Dixie Dandy v. McHenry, 270 Ark. 816,