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Excerpt from The Revised Reports, Vol. 29: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English Courts of Common Law and Equity, From the Year 1785, as Are Still of Practical Utility; 1825-1830
Estoppel being at the bottom of our rule, the other party cannot accordingly be prejudiced. The grantee may dis claim, though the grantor may not revoke. Estoppel, though founded on considerations of mutual justice, is essentially one-sided in its Operation. If promises, then, are made by deed, they must be made according to the nature of a deed. If you want to have your deed condi tional or revocable, you must express it so to be. Modern law may one day, perhaps, see its way to dispensing with deeds altogether. The American method of whittling away the characteristic qualities of the deed till there is nothing left but a paper writing signed with a ¿ourish, or other wise slightly emphasized, seems rather half-hearted, and likely to confuse the ideas of beginners.
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