Ellis v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 1931
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Floyd v. Ricks · Wittenbrock v. Wheadon · 10 Tex. Civ. App. 85 - Welder v. McComb · Boyer v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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““If land is public land — the title in the government —a tenant is not bound by the ordinary rule which forbids him to dispute his landlord’s title. On the contrary he may show the title to be in the government. It would be against public policy to hold otherwise.” Ellis v. Sutton, 126 Miss. 102 , 88 South. 519 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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