Dickson v. Dickson’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1957
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilks v. Wilks · Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Faulkner · Trump v. McDonnell · Stewart v. White · Ex Parte Stone
Most-quoted passages
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““The general rule in this jurisdiction is that ‘an open, defined roadway, in continuous use by the public as a highway, without let or hindrance, for a period of 20 years, becomes a public highway by prescription.’ Central of Georgia R. v. Faulkner, 217 Ala. 82 , 114 So. 686, 687 .” Dickson v. Dickson, 247 Ala. 330, 332 , 24 So.2d 419, 420 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Blevins v. McCarty
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