Leffingwell Ranch, Inc. v. Cieri

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that subdivision of ranch parcel into 174 units resulted in overburden of easement created for access to three homesteads
• finding subdivision of dominant estate into 174 parcels not within parties’ intent and inconsistent with historical use
• finding subdivision of dominant estate into 174 parcels not within parties’ intent and inconsistent with historical use
• easements at issue were appurtenant only to lands that grantor owned at the time of creation and could not be enlarged to access after-acquired property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Leichtfuss v. Dabney
  Montana Supreme Court· 2005-11-01· cited 42×
• Guthrie v. Hardy
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-07-23· cited 39×
• Anderson v. Stokes
  Montana Supreme Court· 2007-07-11· cited 38×
• Mularoni v. Bing
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-10-29· cited 34×
• Kelly v. Wallace
  Montana Supreme Court· 1998-12-15· cited 26×
• Hitshew v. Butte/Silver Bow County
  Montana Supreme Court· 1999-02-18· cited 26×
• Brown & Brown of MT, Inc. v. Raty
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-11-20· cited 24×
• Stew-Mc Development, Inc. v. Fischer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2009-08-14· cited 21×
• Wolf v. Owens
  Montana Supreme Court· 2007-11-20· cited 18×
• HP Ltd. Partnership v. Kenai River Airpark, LLC
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-01-13· cited 15×
• Warnack v. Coneen Family Trust
  Montana Supreme Court· 1996-08-27· cited 14×
• Christensen v. City of Pocatello
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2005-11-23· cited 11×
• Clark v. Heirs and Devisees of Dwyer
  Montana Supreme Court· 2007-09-18· cited 9×
• Brown & Brown of MT, Inc. v. Raty
  Montana Supreme Court· 2013-11-12· cited 6×
• BOS Terra, LP v. Beers
  Montana Supreme Court· 2015-07-14· cited 5×
• Apecella v. Overman
  Montana Supreme Court· 2025-09-30· cited 2×
• Steed v. SOLSO
  Montana Supreme Court· 2010-12-14· cited 1×
• Stew-MC Development, Inc., James F. Kress, Joseph Schmitt And Penni Schmitt Vs. Nancy M. Fischer And Thomas J. Fischer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2009-08-14

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carbon County v. Union Reserve Coal Co., Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-06-27· cited 321×
• Daines v. Knight
  Montana Supreme Court· 1995-01-18· cited 114×
• Public Lands Access Ass'n v. Boone & Crockett Club Foundation, Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-07-08· cited 55×
• Tanner v. Dream Island, Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1996-03-21· cited 40×
• Keebler v. Harding
  Montana Supreme Court· 1991-03-21· cited 35×
• Strahan v. Bush
  Montana Supreme Court· 1989-05-03· cited 25×
• McClurg v. Flathead County Commissioners
  Montana Supreme Court· 1980-04-23· cited 17×
• Descheemaeker v. Anderson
  Montana Supreme Court· 1957-04-29· cited 17×
• Rasmussen v. Fowler
  Montana Supreme Court· 1990-11-15· cited 15×
• Lindley v. Maggert
  Montana Supreme Court· 1982-05-13· cited 13×
• DND Neffson Co. v. Galleria Partners
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-10-28· cited 2×