Lockett v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Giving effect to Code, sec. 7597, this court has held that in determining what estates the grantor intended to convey, the deed as a whole is to be considered and the intention of the grantor gathered by giving all the words used their appropriate meaning. Nashville, etc. R. v. Bell, 162 Tenn. 661 , 39 S. W. (2d) 1026 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Stanfill

2. ““provided, however, should the said Bobert T. Smith not dispose of said property during his life time and die seized and possessed thereof, then the fee simple title shall pass and vest in Flora Smith Lockett, the daughter of said Bobert T. Smith, if living * * * ’ ’.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moore v. Stanfill

3. “[the technical rules of the common law as to the division of deeds into formal parts have long since been disregarded in this state, and the rule is that all parts of the deed shall be examined together for the purpose of ascertaining the intention”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Owens v. Tergeson