Phillips v. Gibbs’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Plaintiffs further contend that defendants were in arrears for rent on August 5, 1940, when they acquired their county commissioners’ deed, and by reason thereof they were estopped to acquire title from the county commissioners. It does not appear from the record that they were in arrears for rent at the time the premises were sold at resale to the county in May, 1939. Also, it does not appear that they were in any wise obligated by contract with the plaintiffs to pay the taxes. In the absence of inequitable circumstances, it is a general rule that a tenant who is under no obligation to pay the taxes may purchase the demised property at a tax sale and assert such title against his landlord. 35 C. J. 1246, §602; 16 R. C. L. 668, §155; 32 Am. Jur. 122 , §118; Yurann v. Hamilton, 82 Kan. 528 , 108 P. 822 ; Keller v. Friedrichs, 241 Wis. 8 , 4 N. W. 2d 169 . Although there are some cases to the contrary, the rule above stated appears to be supported by the weight of authority.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Norris v. Wallace