Bird v. Whetstone’s Empirical Analysis
1905
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1914
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McNeil v. Jordan · Gildehaus v. Whiting · Troxell v. Johnson · Pratt v. Ard · Horbach v. Boyd
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““He entered upon the land with the intention ‘to keep it’ for himself, and the fact that he then had no title or color of title did not prevent him from acquiring the land by adverse possession.” (p. 433.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fear v. Barwise
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.