Land v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably Martin v. Amerman (2004), Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc. (1994)
6 federal appellate · 58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bruni v. Vidaurri · Hejl v. Wirth · House v. Reavis · Sabariego v. Maverick · Pacific Express Co. v. Lasker Real Estate Ass'n
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To recover in trespass to try title, the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title. Hejl v. Wirth, 161 Tex. 609 , 343 S.W.2d 226 (1961). He may recover by (1) proving a regular chain of conveyances from the sovereign, (2) by proving a superior title out of a common source, (3) by proving title by limitations, or (4) by proving prior possession, and that the possession had not been abandoned.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * speaking generally, that one is in possession of land when he is in occupation thereof, with the intention, actually realized, of excluding occupation by others, or when, although not in actual occupation, he claims the right of exclusive occupation, and no person is in occupation opposing his claim.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Love v. McGee““One who does not prove that his possession was disturbed by another’s entry has the burden to prove that he did not abandon his possession.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Howland v. Hough
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.