Ouster
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 36 U.S. 41 - Lessee James Ewing v. Jacob Burnet · 1837Most cited · 234 citing opinions
intent guides entry
An entry by one man on the land of another, is an ouster of the legal possession arising from the title, or not, according to the intention with which it is done; if made under claim and color of right, it is an ouster, otherwise, it is a mere trespass; in legal language, the intention guides the entry and fixes its character.
How often courts cite the case defining “Ouster”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Ouster” — 234 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.