Rhodes v. Cahill’s Empirical Analysis

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61 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well settled, that where a party relies upon naked possession alone as the foundation for his adverse possession claim, it must be such an actual occupancy as the law recognizes as sufficient, if persisted in for a long enough period of time, to cut off the trae owner’s right of recovery. It has been said that such possession must not only be actual, but also visible, continuous, notorious, distinct, hostile (i.e., adverse), and of such a character as to indicate unmistakably an assertion of a claim of ownership in the occupant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clements v. Corbin · Hector Estrada, Isela Estrada, Maria Martinez, and Jorge Gonzales v. Daner Lee Cheshire and Lyndon Charles Cheshire

2. “(1) “Adverse possession” means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Verde Minerals, LLC v. Burlington Res. Oil & Gas Co. · Cherokee Water Co. v. Freeman

3. “possession must be of such character as to indicate unmistakably an assertion of a claim of exclusive ownership in the occupant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hardaway v. Lou Eda Korth Stubbs Nixon · Verde Minerals, LLC v. Burlington Res. Oil & Gas Co.