Davis v. Field’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 1999
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Curdy v. Stafford · Baldwin v. Root · Arambula v. Sullivan · Lamb v. James · Cagle v. Sabine Valley Timber & Lumber Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[Hughes] did not represent himself as the owner, but only as one holding pre-emption rights and expecting later to acquire a patent. The grantees in the mineral deed, being charged with knowledge of the law, knew that Hughes had no right to make them a present conveyance of the minerals, and they, as well as Hughes, knew that any severance of minerals before issuance of the patent would be in fraud of the State’s rights in the land.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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