Swan v. O'LEARY

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a deed granting a strip of land “‘for the purpose of a Railroad right-of-way’” conveyed an easement “for railroad purposes” (emphasis in original)
• holding that a grant “for the purpose of a Railroad right-of-way” was an easement that was abandoned when a logging railroad terminated its operations
• court finds easement even though deed also conveyed “strip of land” “forever” — although conveyance was by quitclaim deed rather than warranty deed
• where the deed is a mixture of two ideas the easement conclusion follows
• “To Have and to Hold All and singular the said premises together with the appurtenances, unto said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever.” (emphasis omitted)
• granted property “for the purpose of a Railroad right-of-way . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lawson v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-12-24· cited 100×
• City of Manhattan Beach v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1996-04-25· cited 92×
• Harris v. Ski Park Farms, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-02-11· cited 75×
• Brown v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-10-17· cited 56×
• Roeder Co. v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 51×
• King County v. Rasmussen
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-09· cited 41×
• Kershaw Sunnyside Ranches, Inc. v. Yakima Interurban Lines Ass'n
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-01-12· cited 28×
• Kiely v. Graves
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-03-01· cited 27×
• Ray v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-03-15· cited 22×
• Hanson Industries, Inc. v. Spokane County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-12-05· cited 21×
• Haggart v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-12-18· cited 21×
• Roeder Co. v. K & E Moving & Storage Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-05-30· cited 19×
• Scott v. Wallitner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1956-06-21· cited 18×
• Zobrist v. Culp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1977-10-12· cited 15×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Natural Resources v. Hess
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-07-29· cited 14×
• Beres v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-04-05· cited 14×
• BNSF Ry. Co. v. Box Creek Mineral Ltd. P'ship
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2018-06-18· cited 11×
• King County v. Rasmussen
  W.D. Washington· 2001-05-25· cited 10×
• Dossett v. New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-06-10· cited 8×
• Arnhold v. United States
  W.D. Washington· 1958-06-23· cited 7×