Court Opinion

ID: 9768858
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 13:53:18.206196+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:04:05.607899
License: Public Domain

CADENA, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the result. While I agree that appellees cannot be permitted to invoke the aid of equity in cancelling the lien without returning the $2,400,000 paid to them by SASA, I am not prepared to justify that conclusion based on a doctrine of “estoppel by election.” The rule, referred to in the cases cited in the opinion of the court, is not a rule concerning a species of estoppel. The facts in this case do not establish the existence of the elements of any type of estoppel. Reference to the maxim that he who seeks equity must do equity would, perhaps, be more appropriate.
BIERY, J., joins.