Brewer v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 12 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. ““The delivery may be actual, as by manual tradition to the grantee, or to another for his use, or it may be constructive .... It may be proved by direct evidence or be inferred from circumstances.” Enright v. Bannister, 195 Va. 76, 79 , 77 S.E.2d 377, 379 (1953).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Capozzella v. Capozzella · Boggs v. Commissioner

2. “* * * the fact that the grantor stands in the relation of * * * parent to the grantee, and has made statements to the effect that he intended to, and did, execute such a deed * * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hackett v. Emmett · Boggs v. Commissioner

3. ““It is generally agreed, however, that the law makes stronger presumptions in favor of delivery where a deed is a voluntary settlement than in an ordinary case of bargain and sale. [Citing authorities] But even in such cases some evidence of delivery cannot be wholly dispensed with. [Citing case]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hackett v. Emmett