Mobley v. . Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 88 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This prima facie showing of title may be made by either of several methods. [Citations omitted.] 1. He may offer a connected chain of title or a grant direct from the State to himself. 2. Without exhibiting any grant from the State, he may show open, notorious, continuous, adverse and unequivocal possession of the land in controversy, under color of title in himself and those under whom he claims, for twenty-one years before the action was brought. [Citations omitted.] 3. He may show title out of the State by offering a grant to a stranger, without connecting himself with it, and then offer proof of open, notorious, continuous adverse possession, under color of title in himself and those under whom he claims, for seven years before the action was brought. [Citations omitted.] 4. He may show, as against the State, possession under known and visible boundaries for thirty years, or as against individuals for twenty years before the action was brought. [Citations omitted.] 5. He can provide title by estoppel, as by showing that the defendant was his tenant, or derived his title through his tenant, when the action was brought. [Citations omitted.] 6. He may connect the defendant with a common source of title and show in himself a better title from that source. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Heath v. Turner

2. ““1. He may offer a connected chain of title or a grant direct from the State to himself. . . . “3. He may show title out of the State by offering a grant to a stranger, without connecting himself with it, and then offer proof of open, notorious, continuous adverse possession, under color of title in himself and those under whom he claims, for seven years before the action was brought.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McDonald v. McCrummen

3. “evidence impeaching an alleged title deed is always as competent as that sustaining it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keen v. . Parker