39 Cal. 2d 450 - Knell v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably 45 Cal. 2d 811 - Seneris v. Haas (1955), 49 Cal. 2d 720 - Dow v. Holly Manufacturing Co. (1958)
64 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 39 Cal. 2d 436 - Zentz v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · Taylor v. Oakland Scavenger Co. · 29 Cal. 2d 385 - Trabue Pittman Corp. v. County of Los Angeles · 33 Cal. 2d 228 - Hale v. Depaoli · 23 Cal. 2d 256 - Brown v. George Pepperdine Foundation
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether a water heater is realty or personalty is, of course, a question of fact (citations) and various factors must be considered, such as the manner of its annexation, its adaptability to the purpose for which the realty is used, and the intention of the party making the annexation. (Citation.) As to innocent third parties, the intent which controls is that which is reasonably manifested by physical facts and outward appearances, rather than any express or implied intent of those making the annexation. (Citations.) In the present case it can reasonably be inferred that the heater was attached to the building by means of gas and water pipes, and the evidence, although meager, is sufficient to permit a finding that the heater was permanently affixed to the realty and was adapted to the purpose for which the premises were used.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goodman v. Harris“rather than any express or implied intent of those making the annexation”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goodman v. Harris“a nine-section, cast-iron, gas-fired water heater”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goodman v. Harris
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.