Fones v. Fagan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that to establish an easement by implication from preexisting use, the use must have been continuous, apparent, reasonably necessary, and in existence at the time of the conveyance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brown v. Haley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 88×
• Middleton v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-01-16· cited 34×
• Russakoff v. Scruggs
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-01-11· cited 32×
• Robertson v. Robertson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-06-11· cited 30×
• Davis v. Henning
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-09-15· cited 25×
• Palmer v. R. A. Yancey Lumber Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-09-14· cited 23×
• American Small Business Investment Co. v. Frenzel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 19×
• Corbett v. Whitney
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 12×
• Haynie v. Brenner
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-03-05· cited 7×
• Carter v. County of Hanover
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 5×
• Chandler Flyers, Inc. v. Stellar Development Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-03-06· cited 1×
• Smith v. Poff
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 1985-05-16
• Creasy v. Tomlinson
  Craig County Circuit Court· 1980-04-24
• Peters v. Kessler
  Botetourt County Circuit Court· 1978-10-30
• Hayes v. Stafford County Board of Supervisors
  Virginia Circuit Court· 1991-02-15
• Wilkerson v. Holloway
  Caroline County Circuit Court· 1997-06-23
• Gravatt v. Ames
  Caroline County Circuit Court· 1990-04-20
• Sullivan v. Brown
  Rockingham County Circuit Court· 2000-01-26
• Chesapeake Holding Co. v. Bilidas
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2001-11-20
• Kiefer v. Mikovch
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 2004-06-01

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sanderlin v. Baxter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1882-03-23· cited 43×
• Jennings v. Lineberry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-09-09· cited 27×
• Hartsock v. Powell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-09-06· cited 15×
• Keen v. Paragon Jewel Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-11-27· cited 11×
• Chaiken v. Harry J. O'Meara Tile Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-11-29· cited 6×