Lyons v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whether realty purchased with firm funds is individual or partnership property is, in the last analysis, one of fact depending upon the intention of the parties, as revealed by the use of the property, the conduct of the parties, their agreements express or implied, the manner of keeping accounts, the payment of expenses connected with ownership, the disposition made of any income from the property, and all the surrounding circumstances, the decision of every case necessarily depending on its own peculiar facts. “This rule was recognized in the case of Cobb v. Whitney, 1927, 124 Okla. 193 , 255 P. 577, 578 , wherein it was held in part that ‘a partner may with the consent of the other partners withdraw money from the partnership funds and invest them and acquire title to property in his own name’ ...””

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

2. ““A motion for judgment on the pleadings admits, for the purpose of the motion, the truth of all facts well pleaded by the opposing party together with all fair inferences to be drawn therefrom. “A motion for judgment on the pleadings cannot be sustained where there are issues of fact to be determined.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thompson v. Bonner