Court Opinion

ID: 9507709
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:24:47.048651+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:22.859877
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MR. JUSTICE MORRISON,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
The complaint in this action was filed October 18, 1979. For plaintiff to be barred by the statute of limitations, discovery would have had to occur more than two years prior to the date of filing.
The ASC aerial survey was completed November 1, 1977. This survey indicated an acreage shortage. After completion of the survey Mobley called to discuss the discrepancy with Ed Kimball who asked Mobley to wait until spring when the snow was off the ground. Kimball stated that if there were any shortages they could be determined at that time and that Hall would “make it right.”
In my opinion there is a jury question with reference to both date of discovery of the fraud and the question of whether Kimball’s statement to Mobley created an estoppel. If plaintiff was induced to refrain from filing based upon an assurance that any shortages would be taken care of, then defendant could well be estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a bar.
I would reverse the order of the District Court granting summary judgment and remand for trial.