Ogle v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is fundamental under our decisions, where the funds of a wife, either separate or her interest in the community, have been used to permanently improve the husband’s separate real property, that upon partition of the community estate the wife is entitled to reimbursement therefor. Dakan v. Dakan, 125 Tex. 305 , 83 S.W.2d 620 , par. 16, and authorities there cited. Such right is based upon equitable principles and the amount of the recovery is limited to the amount of the enhancements of the property by virtue of the improvements placed thereon. .. . “Appellees suggest that the widow’s right of recovery in such case cannot be determined until the expiration of her homestead right in the property, because the estate of the deceased husband should be held liable only to the extent of the enhancement in value as of the time it receives possession of the property. The general rule, however, is that the extent of the enhancement in value and the consequent measure of the widow’s recovery is determined as of the time of the partition, (citations omitted). . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Girard v. Girard