Cheatham v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 717 So. 2d 304 - Mercier v. Mercier · 611 So. 2d 869 - Rice v. Pritchard · 743 So. 2d 389 - Peagler v. Measells · 749 So. 2d 192 - Simmons v. Cleveland
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ten years' actual adverse possession by any person claiming to be the owner for that time of any land, uninterruptedly continued for ten years by occupancy, descent, conveyance, or otherwise, in whatever way 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“[t]he burden of proof is on the adverse possessor to show by clear and convincing evidence that each element is met. The question in the end is whether the possessory acts relied upon by the would-be adverse possessor are sufficient to put the record title holder upon notice that the lands are held under an adverse claim of ownership.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bradford v. Williams
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.