Mhoon v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
1890
Citation profile
84 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently July 2000 · most notably Orsborn v. Deep Rock Oil Corp. (1954), Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. State (1939)
84 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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““Defendant’s own evidence is that' when he entered on the land he did not know who owned it; but after the entry he made inquiry for the owner, that he might buy it, and agreed with Stone that they would buy it together; that he and Stone made frequent inquiry for the owner, that they might buy it, until it was sold for taxes, and bid in by one Williams, June 3, 1879. He testified that soon after this he bought the land from Williams, and then sold the north half to Stone. The witness Stone corroborates this statement, and adds that they .employed a land agent to look up the owner. Such a possession • would . not .be inconsistent with that of the owner. . It does, not indicate a claim hostile to the owner’s title. Such acts and declarations manifest a holding in subordination to the real title. ⅝ ⅝ ⅝ “Having once held in subordination and recognition of the real title, he could not make it a hostile holding without a repudiation of the title, evidenced by acts or declarations clearly manifesting that intention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Having once held in subordination and recognition of the real title, he could not make it a hostile holding, without a repudiation of the title evidenced by acts or declarations clearly manifesting that intention.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Robertson““ ‘Adverse possession’ is an actual and visible appropriation' of the land, commenced and continued under a claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim of another.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Robertson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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