Klamath Development Co. v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Practically all of the testimony is to the effect that prior to on or about February 20,1925, when the waters thereof were first diverted by artificial means under an express agreement with plaintiff, the spring in question at all times was upon plaintiff’s property and by reason of seepage or evaporation did not flow in any channel or to or upon adjacent property. Such a spring is not subject to appropriation by a person other than the owner of the land: § 47-1401, Oregon Code 1930; Morrison v. Officer, 48 Or. 569 ( 87 P. 896 ); 2 Kinney on Irrigation and Water Rights, § 648, p. 1135, note 9.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Messinger v. Woodcock