Lancaster v. Smithco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lynch v. Lynch · Corbin v. CHEROKEE REALTY CO. · South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. v. Aetna Insurance · Lancaster v. Smithco, Inc. · Lancaster v. Smithco, Inc.
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.
“A plat, however, is not an index to encumbrances, and the mere reference in a deed, as in this case, to a plat for descriptive purposes does not incorporate a notation thereon as to an easement held by a third party so as to exclude such easement from the covenant against encumbrances in the absence of a clear intention that it so operate.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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