Colby v. Colby

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that preemptive right initially encouraged alienation rather than restraining it
• because preemptive rights to adjacent property were important precondition to original sale of property, restraint encouraged alienation
• fixed-price preemptive right serving to encourage alienation of land upheld as reasonable
• “restraints on alienation are not favored”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• R&G Properties, Inc. v. Column Financial, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-08-22· cited 29×
• Campbell v. Alger
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-05-06· cited 15×
• Estate of Plummer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-10-24· cited 12×
• Low v. Spellman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-08-05· cited 10×
• Ski, Ltd. v. Mountainside Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-02-06· cited 9×
• RTS Landfill, Inc. v. Appalachian Waste Systems, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-29· cited 8×
• Pownal Development Corp. v. Pownal Tanning Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-11-17· cited 3×
• Estate of Smith v. United States
  D. Vermont· 1997-09-19· cited 2×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barnhart v. McKinney
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1984-04-27· cited 67×
• Gyurkey v. Babler
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1982-09-29· cited 54×
• Guaclides v. Kruse
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1961-04-27· cited 54×
• Kershner v. Hurlburt
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1955-04-11· cited 51×
• Chapman v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1990-11-20· cited 38×
• Henderson v. Millis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-08-21· cited 28×
• Randolph v. Terrell
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1987-12-11· cited 18×
• Hornsby v. Holt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-08· cited 16×
• Edgar v. Hunt
  Montana Supreme Court· 1985-09-10· cited 15×
• Tovrea v. Umphress
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-09-21· cited 11×
• Wilson v. Whinery
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-03-21· cited 10×
• Lawson v. REDMOOR CORPORATION
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-04-11· cited 9×
• Emerson v. King
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-10-30· cited 8×
• Gilbert v. Union College
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1961-03-03· cited 3×
• Burgess v. Howe
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1976-06-01· cited 3×