Hamilton v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis

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109 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 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems to be the law generally that a partition deed does not operate as a conveyance or transfer of title, the effect being to divide the property- and to give to each the share which he already owned by virtue of some-prior deed or other conveyance. French v. French, Tex.Civ.App., 188; S.W.2d 586, er. ref.; Jones v. State, Tex.Com.App., 5 S.W.2d 973 , the reason being that the parties already-owned their respective interests and' a partition deed from one to another is not the conveyance of title but merely the division of the property so-that each may have exclusive use and-' occupancy and the right to dispose of as he sees fit his own land, to make it. in a form certain instead of an undivided interest in the whole. Cleveland v. Milner, 141 Tex. 120 , 170 S.W.2d 472 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Zapatero v. Canales · Odstrcil v. Odstrcil

2. ““There is nothing to indicate that the parties had in mind anything more than a completely effective dissolution of their partnership and a division of their jointly owned property. The contract was consummated by the execution of warranty deeds, the common and accepted way of partitioning lands voluntarily.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pleasant v. Johnson