Thorn v. Dunn’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
July 1954
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hynes v. Packard · Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Bell · Northcutt v. Hume · 20 Tex. Civ. App. 23 - Chestnut, Administrator v. Chism · Simpson v. Belvin
Most-quoted passages
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““The lots were located within 2,000 feet of a flowing well. Geologists testified that the oil field extended to them, and showed a shallow pool all around them, and that they were located on the oil structure, and that mineral rights or leases on that structure were valuable. * * * “Minerals in place are matters concerning which the ordinary person probably knows little as to their value, and their value is usually a matter for expert testimony to explain to the jury, because not capable of being understood by the average person.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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