Spain v. Minder’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Orange Blossom Hills, Inc. v. Kearsley
Most-quoted passages
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“The appellees contend that by merely erecting a barricade by the owners the continuous and uninterrupted use by the prescriptive users is broken. To so hold would encourage owners and claimants alike to take the law into their own hands. It would encourage owners to resort to self-help and construct a barricade on public roads where dispute of ownership is involved rather than resort to courts of law for the resolution of the issue. As to claimants, it would encourage them to destroy fences, gates and other impediments rather than seek a resolution in the courts. To encourage such measures of self-help is contrary to public policy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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