Bryner v. Fernetti’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Any suit or proceeding against the tax purchaser, his heirs or assigns, for the recovery of land sold for taxes, or to defeat or avoid a sale or conveyance of lands for taxes, except in cases where the taxes have been paid or the land redeemed as provided by law, shall be commenced within five years from the time of recording the tax deed, and not thereafter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruth v. Fletcher

2. ““A tax de'ed of record for more than five years prior to the commencement of such action shall be a sufficient title upon which to maintain the action: Provided, That the plaintiff or those through whom he derives title shall have been in actual possession of the property covered by such tax deed for five years just prior to the commencement of such action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruth v. Fletcher

3. ““There is a consistency between this section and R. S. 60-1804 in that the landowner has five years in which to commence an action to set aside the tax deed on his land, .and by the other statute the holder of the tax deed cannot commence his action to quiet his tax title before his tax deed has been on record for five years:” (p. 450.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruth v. Fletcher