Burns v. McDaniel’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colbert v. Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank · Williams v. Safety Casualty Co. · Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Beaumont v. Magnolia Cemetery Co. · Board of Revenue of Jefferson Co. v. State ex rel. City of Birmingham · Stuart v. Larrabee
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether the plaintiffs are entitled to a right of way easement unobstructed by gates depends upon: 1. the terms of the grant of the easement in the contract of sale, 2. the provision for which the grant was made, 3. the nature and situation of the property, and 4. the manner in which the property had been used before the grant of the easement.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gerstner v. Wilhelm
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.