Standefer v. Vaughan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““While general rules of surveying have been formulated and to some calls greater dignity is given than to others, yet the lowest may be resorted to and adopted to arrive at the' intention of the locator, and to. establish the real location-of the land. ,-It is only at last a . question of fact ‘or evidence in boundary suits.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gilson v. Universal Realty Co.

2. ““It is shown with reasonable certainty the two blocks were put in by the same surveying party at practically the same time. The calls and field notes tie the two blocks together and show no actual vacancy as claimed by appellant, and evidenced that it was the intention of the surveyor to tie them together.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lynn v. Manning

3. “as evidenced by the corners and lines of same, or by calls for natural or artificial objects, or the calls for the corners and boundaries of other surveys or by the maps and other records in the general land office.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brooks v. Slaughter