Daniel v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Had [grantor’s] deed conveyed to [grantee] ‘an undivided 11,250 square feet’ or ‘11,250 square feet undivided’ in the six lots, [grantee] would have been entitled to take his 11,250 square feet out of that portion of the land to which title of his grantors had not failed. ‘The law is well settled that where one conveys by general warranty deed a specific number of undivided acres out of a larger or several tracts of land, from which grant- or has already conveyed a part, the deed conveys to grantee good title to his complement of acres out of the remainder of the land.’ Crayton v. Phillips, Tex.Civ. App., 297 S.W. 888, 890 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Phillips Petroleum Co.

2. ““the character of grant contained in [grantor’s] deeds. His deeds do not purport to convey any specific number of square feet undivided out of said six lots. His deeds convey an undivided 14 interest in each and all parts of the land, and upon failure of title to any part [grantee] must look to his warranty. He is not entitled to have other lands belonging to the grantor set off or decreed to him in lieu of that to which his title has failed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Phillips Petroleum Co.