Watson v. Dundas’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
44
cited by 44 later decisions
3
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
44 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Staples v. FARMERS UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · Wareing v. Schreckendgust · Rumph v. Dale Edwards, Inc. · Erker v. Kester · Graham v. MacK
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ascertain the paramount and guiding intent of the parties”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Strict necessity must exist at the time the [unified] tracts are severed from the original ownership and at the time the easement is exercised.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ashby v. MAECHLING
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.