230 Mo. App. 1199 - State v. Van Patton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After such a road has been established at the instance and request of a private person, that private person cannot vacate such a road without an act of the county court. In other words, after the road has been established, the public is so interested in it that it cannot be vacated except by an act of the court, and that, too, upon strict compliance with the statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rogers v. Brockland

2. “Private roads may be established under the provisions of section 7842, R.S. 1929, Mo.St.Ann. § 7842, p. 6743 [Mo.R.S.A. § 8488], and there must be a strict compliance with the statute in establishing said roads.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartley v. Brazeal