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← 4 SO3D 1078 - Webb v. Drewrey

Webb v. Drewrey’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited

10 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Johnson v. Black · 511 So. 2d 489 - Pace v. Owens · 611 So. 2d 869 - Rice v. Pritchard · Alexander v. Hyland · 605 So. 2d 817 - Blankinship v. Payton

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Ten (10) years' actual adverse possession by any person claiming to be the owner for that time of any land, uninterruptedly continued for ten (10) years by occupancy, descent, conveyance, or otherwise, in whatever way such occupancy may have commenced or continued, shall vest in every actual occupant or possessor of such land a full and complete title ....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “must unfurl his flag on the land, and keep it flying, so that the actual owner may see, and if he will, that an enemy has invaded his domains, and planted the standard of conquest.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “(1) under a claim of ownership; (2) actual or hostile; (3) open, notorious and visible; (4) continuous and uninterrupted for a period of ten years; (5) exclusive; and (6) peaceful.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.