Brewster v. Herron’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ferguson v. Standley · Superior Oil Corporation v. Alcorn · Anderson v. Francis · Bowers v. Ledgerwood · McAuliff v. Parker
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.
““Occupancy for the period prescribed by civil procedure, or any law of this State as sufficient to bar an action for the recovery of the property, confers, a title thereto,- denominated a title by prescription, which is suffici-ient against all.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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