Underhill v. Mattson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 2024
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chem-Age Industries, Inc. v. Glover · City of Deadwood v. Summit, Inc. · First American Bank & Trust, N.A. v. Farmers State Bank of Canton · Lewis v. Moorhead · Titus v. Chapman
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an evidentiary presumption as to the element of hostility [of adverse possession] and applies even though the occupancy occurred due to ignorance, inadvertence, or mistake, and without an intention to claim the lands of another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lammers v. State“Proof of the individual elements of adverse possession present questions of fact for the circuit court, while the ultimate conclusion of whether they are sufficient to constitute adverse possession is a question of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gangle v. Spiry“Adverse possession occurs when there is (1) an occupation that is (2) open and notorious, (3) continuous for the statutory period, and (4) under a claim of title exclusive of any other right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lammers v. State
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.