Scott v. Cannon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The owner of land may create an easement by a parol agreement or representation which has been so acted on by others as to create an estoppel in pais. As where he has by parol agreement granted a right of such easement in his land, upon the faith of which the other party has expended moneys which will be lost and valueless if the right to enjoy such easement is revoked, equity has enjoined the owner of the first estate from preventing the use of it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stallman v. Newman

2. “rare and nebulous” in circumstances other than the three circumstances described by the Texas Supreme Court in Drye v. Eagle Rock Ranch, Inc., 364 S.W.2d 196, 209-10 (Tex.1962):(1) a dedication of a street, alley or square; (2) an owner selling land with reference to a map or plat; and (3) a seller of land who allows its purchaser to expend money on an alleged”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Cockrell

3. “(1) the landowner induced the belief that the landowner intended to dedicate the [property] to public use; (2) the landowner was competent to do so; (3) the public relied on the landowner’s actions and will be served by the dedication; and (4) there was an offer and acceptance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Van Dam v. Lewis