Olson v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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

1. ““1. The value of the property sought to be condemned and all improvements thereon pertaining to the-realty and of each and every separate estate or interest therein. If it consists of different parcels, the value of each parcel and each estate and interest therein shall be separately assessed; “2. If the property sought to be condemned constitutes only a part of a larger parcel, the damages which will accrue to the portion not sought to be condemned by reason of its severance from the portion sought to be condemned and the construction of the improvement in the manner proposed by the plaintiff; “3. If the property, though no part thereof is taken, will be damaged by the construction of the proposed im provement, the amount of such damages; “4. If the property is taken or damaged by the state or a public corporation, separately, how much the portion not sought to be condemned and each estate or interest therein will be benefited, if at all, by the construction of the improvement proposed by the plaintiff, and if the benefit shall be equal to the damages assessed under subsections 2 and 3, the owner of the parcel shall be allowed no compensation except the value of the portion taken, but if the benefit shall be less than the damages so assessed the former shall be deducted from the latter and the remainder shall be the only damages allowed in addition to the value of the portion taken; “5. As far as practicable, compensation must be assessed separately for property actually tak”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kuecks v. Cowell

2. ““This contention cannot be sustained. ‘Ordinarily buildings are part of the land and when land is taken for a public use the buildings and structures thereon are taken with it and the whole must be paid for’. 2 Lewis Em. Domain, 3d Ed., p, 1269. ‘Land and buildings upon it constitute but one piece of property and benefits and damages are to be ascertained by ascertaining the effect upon it as a whole.’ 4 Sutherland on Damages, 4th Ed., p. 4129.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Huron v. Jelgerhuis