51 Wash. App. 312 - Wagle v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State of Washington Ex Rel Grays Harbor Logging Company v. Coats-Fordney Logging Company · State v. Superior Court · 11 Wash. 2d 545 - State Ex Rel. Polson Logging Co. v. Superior Court · State ex rel. Grays Harbor Logging Co. v. Superior Court for Chehalis County · State v. Superior Court
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is sufficient to make a strong prima facie case, but when convincing evidence is adduced by the owner that the land sought is not reasonably necessary, and that a slight change of location to other of his land will equally meet the necessity of the taker and be of much less damage to the owner, then it is incumbent upon the taker to rebut such evidence, since the refusal to make such change, if unexplained would amount to oppression and be an abuse of the power.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of his property.”
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.