Mills v. Pitts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 67 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]n order to prove title under a tax deed, the proponent must introduce into evidence the decree of foreclosure and the order of sale.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sani v. Powell · Nagel v. Taylor

2. “"III. With reference to the said tax deed to the said L. Fink, dated June 3, 1930, under which the plaintiffs herein claim title, I .find the following: “(a) That on March 20, 1930, in cause No. 168,777 pending in the 61st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, the State of Texas recovered a judgment against the defendant, Mrs. Linda White, in the amount of $23.74 for taxes due upon the above described lots for the year 1928, together with all costs of court, said judgment among other things -providing: “ ‘And it is adjudged and decreed that a lien exists against each of said tracts or parcels of land for the amount of the taxes, interest, penalties and costs herein adjudged to be due on the same, which lien is hereby foreclosed as against said defendant on each of said tracts of land; and it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that in default of payment of this judgment, interest, penalties and costs, an Order of Sale be issued by the Clerk of this Court directed to the Sheriff or any Constable of Harris County, Texas, commanding such officer to seize, levy upon and advertise for sale as under execution each of said tracts of land, and sell the same to the highest bidder for cash as under execution, * * *’■ and said judgment further authorized the subdivision of each of said lots or tracts into smaller tracts should the defendant file with the officer making sale a written request therefor. “(b) I find that on April 29, 1930, an order of sale was issued by O. ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fink v. White

3. ““Since a plaintiff in trespass to try title must recover on the strength of his own title, he can never recover by merely showing a claim under deeds to those parcels of land which remain unsold by the grantors on particular dates without any proof whatever of the specific parcels of land which were unsold.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Seddon v. Harrison