169 N.C. App. 579 - Hultquist v. Morrow’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Long v. Branham · Bizzell v. Bizzell · Weil v. . Herring · Runyon v. Paley · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Shaffer
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`so that where the language of a restrictive covenant is capable of two constructions, the one that limits, rather than the one which extends it, should be adopted, and that construction should be embraced which least restricts the free use of the land.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“`The fundamental rule is that the intention of the parties governs, and that their intention must be gathered from study and consideration of all the covenants contained in the instrument or instruments creating the restrictions.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Restrictive covenants are strictly construed, but they should not be construed `in an unreasonable manner or a manner that defeats the plain and obvious purpose of the covenant.'”
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.