Pugh v. Schindler’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If a grantee of Mr. Hopkins [defendant’s mediate grantor] was informed, at the time he made his purchase, that the land he bought included all the land inclosed by the fence, and he entered into its occupancy without any knowledge that Mr. Hopkins’ occupancy was permissive, and with the belief that he was the owner of the land, and with the intent to occupy as an owner, his intention to claim the land might thus be shown; and, if the occupancy in all other respects met the requirements of an adverse occupancy for the requisite time to acquire title, we think it would be sufficient.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ann Arbor Fruit & Vinegar Co. v. Ann Arbor Railroad

2. ““The fact that the land on either side of the division line has changed hands since the fence was built would not render a possession adverse as to the subsequent owners which was not adverse as between the parties who built the fence. The situation would remain the same as between subsequent owners, no matter how many times it might be conveyed, unless some acts were*done or notice given by the subsequent possessors to change the character of the possession from a permissive to an adverse one.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ann Arbor Fruit & Vinegar Co. v. Ann Arbor Railroad