Santiesteban v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing obligation of easement tenants to contribute to maintenance, snowplowing, and upkeep of roads
• “[W]hen several persons enjoy a common benefit, all must contribute rateably to the discharge of the burdens incident to the existence of the benefit.”
• \The obligation to contribute [rateably to the discharge of burdens incident to the common benefit] applies in the absence of an express agreement ....\
• “The obligation to contribute [rateably to the discharge of the burdens incident to the existence of the common benefit] applies in the absence of an express agreement . . . .”
• “This Court has long recognized the equitable principle that when several persons enjoy a common benefit, all must contribute rateably to the discharge of the burdens incident to the existence of the benefit.” (quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).