White v. Willard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 24 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The law has a regard for the relationship of the parties and the motives that are presumed to dictate such conveyances, and the degree of confidence which the parties standing in such relation, as donors and donees of valuable property, are presumed to have; and in such case the presumption of law is.that there was a delivery; and when brought in question, the 'burden is upon the grantor, or those claiming adversely to the donee or beneficiary, to show clearly that there was no delivery.” Chapin v. Nott, 203 Ill. 341 ( 67 N. E. 833 ).”

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

2. ““In cases of voluntary settlements, the mere fact that the grantor . retains the deed in his possession is not conclusive against its validity, if there are no other circumstances besides the mere fact of his retaining it, to show that it was not intended to be absolute.” Henry v. Henry, 215 Ill. 205, 211 ( 74 N. E. 126 ).”

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