Hopper v. Beddow’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “A.M. Decker owned both of the lots in 1886, and in that year conveyed one of them to a predecessor in title of the appellees with a provision in the deed for the passway in question. We have noted also that the passway was established and used as such in accordance with the provision in the Ledford deed. It was for the benefit of the adjoining property owners and was an appurtenance to each piece of property and passed with each subsequent conveyance, regardless of whether mentioned in the deeds. See Hatfield v. Hatfield, 150 Ky. 788 , 151 S.W. 3 [ (1912) ], and cases cited therein.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dukes v. Link