Hill v. Surratt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The quantum of proof necessary for a trespasser to establish title to a tract of land by adverse occupancy is greater where he has no color of title. It is well settled that where one is holding without color of title, as in the case at bar, the trespassing claimant must show pedal or actual possession to the extent of the claimed boundaries for the required seven years. **** "The seasonable cultivation of patches of these unenclosed and undefined lands, without color of title, is insufficient to constitute the continuous, pedal, and actual possession to the extent of the claimed boundaries for the seven years that the law requires of an adverse possessor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pate v. Junkin