Webb v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently September 2014 · most notably Hames v. Irwin (1949), Lott v. Keith (1970)
39 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on George E. Wood Lumber Co. v. Williams · Ray v. Watkins · Montgomery v. Spears · Southern Railway Co. v. Hall · Ladd v. Powell
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When any person is in peaceable possession of lands, whether actual or constructive, claiming to own the same, in his own right or as personal representative or guardian, and his title thereto, or any part thereof, is denied or disputed or any other person claims or is reputed to own the same, any part thereof, or any interest therein or to hold any lien or encumbrance thereon and no action is pending to enforce or test the validity of such title, claim, or encumbrance, such person or his personal representative or guardian, so in possession, may commence an action to settle the title to such lands and to clear up all doubts or disputes concerning the same.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““As to what constitutes peaceable possession under the statute must be left for determination on the facts of each particular case.” Webb v. Griffin, 243 Ala. 468 , 10 So.2d 458 ; Dawsey v. Walden, 243 Ala. 93 , 8 So.2d 417 ; McGowin v. Felts, 263 Ala. 504 , 83 So.2d 228 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“September 30, 1930. At the time of such assessment D. W. Irwin was dead, his death having occurred on January 23, 1929. Land cannot be assessed for taxation as the property of a deceased owner or of his estate and a sale founded on such ah assess-”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hames v. Irwin
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.