Supreme Court reinforces estoppel in landlord-tenant disputes, rules tenant cannot deny landlord’s ownership after decades of rent payment
Citation : 2025 Local Law (SC) 1099 The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the legal doctrine of estoppel in landlord-tenant relationships, holding that a tenant who entered possession through a rent deed executed by a landlord cannot later dispute that landlord’s ownership. The Court observed that such conduct amounts to taking inconsistent positions approbating and reprobating…