Johnson v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing conclusion of law that the plaintiffs possession was not open and notorious to the extent required by law because it did “not properly follow from the findings of fact”
• \A grantee under a quitclaim deed acquires only the interest of his grantor 'be that interest what it may.'\
• \A grantee under a quitclaim deed acquires only the interest of his grantor be that interest what it may.\ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• “A grantee under a quit claim deed acquires only the interest of his grantor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ault v. Holden
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-03-26· cited 53×
• Wessel v. Erickson Landscaping Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1985-08-09· cited 36×
• Diversified Equities, Inc. v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1987-07-22· cited 21×
• Dahl v. Gardner
  D. Utah· 1984-03-27· cited 16×
• Barlow Society v. Commercial Security Bank
  Utah Supreme Court· 1986-07-31· cited 15×
• Southern Title Guaranty Co. v. Bethers
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1988-09-23· cited 15×
• Peter W. Billings v. Cinnamon Ridge, Ltd. (In Re Granada, Inc.)
  D. Utah· 1988-10-28· cited 15×
• Methonen v. Stone
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-07-18· cited 14×
• Cowley v. Porter
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2005-12-08· cited 10×
• Green v. Stansfield
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-12-01· cited 9×
• Patel v. Rupp
  D. Utah· 1996-05-09· cited 9×
• General Glass Corp. v. Mast Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1988-12-15· cited 7×
• Interstate Land Corp. v. Patterson
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1990-08-08· cited 6×
• Stumph v. Church
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1987-08-05· cited 5×
• Durbano & Garn Investment Co., LC v. First American Title Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2014-06-26· cited 1×
• State v. Jennings
  Utah Supreme Court· 2026-03-02· cited 1×
• Ashworth v. Bullock
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2013-04-18
• State v. Jennings
  Utah Supreme Court· 2025-11-28

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. United States Gypsum Co.
  District of Columbia· 1946-06-15· cited 47×
• Toland v. Corey
  Utah Supreme Court· 1890-06-15· cited 23×
• Lawrence v. Bamberger Railroad Company
  Utah Supreme Court· 1955-04-04· cited 22×
• Winegar v. Slim Olson, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1953-01-13· cited 17×
• Adams v. Lamicq
  Utah Supreme Court· 1950-09-08· cited 7×