Leonard v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘ ‘ The failure of the officers to issue the patent at the time that it ought to be issued, does not affect the rights of any person. The property becomes the purchaser’s at the time he pays for it, with the bare naked legal title only remaining in the government. After Ross paid his money, he did not any longer hold his land under the provisions of the congressional homestead act. When he paid for his land, he thereby took it out of the further operation of said homestead act; ... . That provision of said homestead act which refers ‘to the issuing of the patent’ has reference to that period of time when the patent ought to be issued, and not to the mere clerical work of issuing it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruddy v. Rossi

2. ““No lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruddy v. Rossi