Lien v. Beard’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2008
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cromwell v. Hosbrook · Hyde v. Hyde · Brown v. Warner · Cuka v. Jamesville Hutterian Mutual Society · Taylor v. Tripp
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title not founded upon a written instrument, or judgment, or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only: (1) Where it has been protected by a substantial inclosure; or (2) Where it has been usually cultivated or improved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. Moorhead“actual, open, visible, notorious, continuous and hostile”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lewis v. Moorhead
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.