Watson v. Mense’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Tbg v. Cag · State Ex Rel. Edie v. Shain · Moore v. Hoffman · Walker v. Walker
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A party who seeks to establish title to real property by adverse possession must prove that he possessed the land, and that his possession was: (1) hostile and under a claim of right; (2) actual; (3) open and notorious; (4) exclusive; and (5) continuous for a period of ten years.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Judgments should describe with reasonable certainty the land adjudicated therein, both in ejectment and actions to determine title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rohner v. Beets
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.