Cilley v. Bacon’s Empirical Analysis
1915
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
July 1931
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fletcher v. Phelps · Lathrop v. Levarn · White & Hammond v. Amsden · Hart v. Hammett · Gray v. Clark & Putnam
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Their plain and ordinary meaning includes both the top and sides of the elevation of land, and not the top alone. To be equivocal, they must apply equally to the whole ridge or hill, and not to the top alone. The application of the rule under consideration is well illustrated in connection with the ambiguity concerning this reservation that arose when it was made to appear that there were at least two ridges or hills on this farm, to either of which the term was equally applicable.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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