Covell v. Bright’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1936
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wells v. . Garbutt · Butterworth v. . Crawford · Treadwell v. . Inslee · Crosland v. Rogers · Dolliff v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Most-quoted passages
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.
““To entitle the complainant to a decree the burden was upon him to establish that the servitude was apparent, continuous, and strictly necessary to the enjoyment of his lands. 14 Cyc. p. 1169; Carbrey v. Willis, 7 Allen (89 Mass.), 364 ( 83 Am. Dec. 688 ); White v. Chapin, 97 Mass. 101 ; Crosland v. Rogers, 32 S. C. 130 ( 10 S. E. 874 ); Dolliff v. Railroad, 68 Me. 173 ; Butterworth v. Crawford, 46 N. Y. 349 ( 7 Am. Rep. 352 ); Treadwell v. Inslee, 120 N. Y. 458, 465 ( 24 N. E. 651 ); Wells v. Garbutt, 132 N. Y. 430, 435 ( 30 N. E. 978 ).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.