Welch v. Ayres’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where former owner of land sues to cancel tax deed and try title as against tax deed holder and alleges that land is not subject to taxation or if so that taxes have been paid, but fails to establish either fact at trial, it is duty of trial court to require compliance with tender statutes and payment of taxes, interest, and all penalties, costs, and expenses legally assessed against the land as ‘condition precedent’ to entering judgment in favor of plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. Whitehead

2. ““Under Sections 12761 and 12763, O.S. 1931, 68 Okl.St.Ann. §§ 453 and 455, a defendant asking affirmative relief * * * must, in his cross-petition or answer attacking the deed, tender all the taxes, interest, penalty, costs and expenses assessed against the land. * * *” (emphasis ours)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Tayer

3. ““ * * * it is not necessary that the plaintiff in such petition tender the amount of taxes, interest, penalties, costs and expenses assessed against the land * * * (emphasis ours)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Tayer