Carpenter v. Dennison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘ ‘ But it has never been held, as we shall presently see, that the object of the act was to afford a defendant in an ejectment suit the option to deprive the plaintiff of his right to a trial by a jury, and permit him to elect in which court he would try the question of title. ’ ’ Carpenter v. Dennison, 208 Mich. 441 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dunn v. Peck · City of Grand Rapids v. Central Land Co.

2. ““The powers and jurisdiction of the circuit courts and circuit judges in chancery, in and for their respective counties, shall be co-extensive with the powers and jurisdiction of the courts and judges in chancery in England as existing on March first, eighteen hundred forty seven, with the exceptions, additions and limitations created and imposed by the Constitution and laws of this State. Said circuit court in chancery shall also have jurisdiction and authority: * * * “4. To hear and determine suits instituted by any person claiming the legal or equitable title to lands, whether in possession or not, against any other person not in possession, setting up a claim thereto in opposition to the title claimed by plaintiff: And, if the plaintiff shall establish his title to such lands, the defendant shall be decreed to release to the plaintiff all claims thereto. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Grand Rapids v. Central Land Co.

3. ““Each of these cases presented a case for equitable relief upon equitable grounds, and is in no way out of harmony with a long line of holdings by this court announcing the general rule that courts of law are the proper forum for the adjudication of legal titles. Among the numerous cases see Stockton v. Williams, Walk. Ch. 120; Devaux v. City of Detroit, Harr. Ch. 98; Blackwood v. Van Vleet, 11 Mich. 252 ; Moran v. Palmer, 13 Mich. 367 ; Tabor v. Cook, 15 Mich. 322 ; Methodist Church of Newark v. Clark, 41 Mich. 730 ; Chandler v. Graham, 123 Mich. 327 ; Moody v. Macomber, 158 Mich. 209 ; Berger v. Roe, 179 Mich. 184 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kavanaugh v. Rabior