Wade v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1977
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bradshaw v. Booth · Haney v. Breeden · Brunswick Land Corp. v. Perkinson · Prettyman v. M. J. Duer & Co. · McMurray v. Dixon
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is settled law in this state that the disclaimer of a freehold estate can only be made by deed or in a court of record. In the case of disputed boundaries the parties may agree upon a line, by way of compromise, and if they take and hold possession up to that line for the requisite statutory period, the mere possession will in time ripen into title. But no mere parol agreement to establish a boundary and thus exclude from the operation of a deed land embraced therein, can divest, change, or affect the legal rights of the parties growing out of the deed itself.” Id. 54 S.E. at 483 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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