Litigants can't take contradictory stances in the same case; consistent positions are required on identical facts.

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....A litigant can take different stands at different times but cannot take contradictory stands in the same case. A party cannot be permitted to approbate and reprobate on the same facts and take inconsistent shifting stands.....