Ulbricht v. Friedsam’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably Drye v. Eagle Rock Ranch, Inc. (1963), Brown v. Haley (1987)
64 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Weed · State of Texas v. Balli · Howell v. Estes · Mitchell v. Castellaw · Cantley v. Gulf Production Co.
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where the owner of an entire tract of land or of two or more adjoining parcels employs a part thereof so that one derives from the other a benefit or advantage of a continuous, permanent, and apparent nature, and sells the one in favor of which such quasi easement exists, such easement, being necessary to the reasonable enjoyment of the property granted, will pass to the grantee by implication.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In Friedsam , the grantor Linda Lou Friedsam, conveyed 386 acres out of a larger tract to Ulbricht, Heckman, and Prade. One side of the 386-acre tract was bounded by the 1020 — foot contour line along the shores of Lake Buchanan. Ulbricht contended, inter alia, that he and others had the right to use the land below the 1020 — foot contour line for certain purposes. The deed from Linda Lou Friedsam to Ulbricht ‘... contained no exceptions or reservations of any easements or rights of any kind or character..." “As we understand Friedsam , the Supreme Court recognized an easement by necessity in Ulbricht for the use and enjoyment of the land below the 1020-foot contour line.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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