Richards v. Shearer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

64 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That where the fee to the surface of any tract, parcel or lot of land is in any person or persons, natural or artificial, and the right or title to any minerals therein is in another or in others, the right to such minerals shall be valued and listed separately from the fee of said land, in separate entiles and descriptions, and such land itself and said right to the minerals therein shall be separately taxed to the owners thereof respectively. The register of deeds shall furnish to the county clerk, who shall furnish on the first day of March each year to each assessor where such mineral reserves exist and are a matter of record, a certified description of all such reserves: Provided, That when such reserves or leases are not recorded within ninety days after execution, they shall become void if not listed for taxation.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Templing v. Bennett · Shaffer v. Kansas Farmers Union Royalty Co.

2. “. . have granted, sold, conveyed, assigned and delivered, and by these presents do grant, sell, convey, assign and deliver unto said grantee an undivided one-half interest in and to all of the oil, gas and other minerals in and under and that may be produced from the following-described land. . . .””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sledd v. Munsell · Serena v. Rubin

3. ““Sale op Oil and Gas Royalty “Know All Men by These Presents, That the Olmitz State Bank of Olmitz, Kansas, ... for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar and other good and valuable consideration ($1) cash in hand paid by Mary Ellen Hickey, hereinafter called grantee, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have granted, sold, conveyed, assigned and delivered, and by these presents do grant, sell, convey, assign and deliver unto said grantee an undivided one-thirty-second {1/82) it being intended to convey one-fourth, of grantors reserved one-eighth royalty interest in and to all of the oil, .gas and other minerals in and under, and that may be produced from the following described land situated in Barton county, state of Kansas, to wit: “. . . together with the right of ingress and egress at all times for the purpose of mining, drilling and exploring said lands for oil, gas and other minerals and removing the same therefrom, with the right at any time to remove any- or all equipment in connection therewith. “Said land being now under an oil and gas lease executed in favor of W. H. Shelton, it is understood and agreed that this sale is made subject to the terms of said lease, but covers and includes one-fourth {VD of all the oil royalty, and gas rental or royalty due and to be paid under the terms of said lease. “It is understood and agreed that none of the money rentals which may be paid to extend the term within which a well may be begun under the terms of said”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hickey v. Dirks