Chanoux v. Mesa Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““What the parties mutually intended and agreed is not the vital inquiry. The party seeking reformation must of course prove what the agreement was, but his case is not made by proof that there was an agreement which is at variance with the writing. He must go further and establish the fact that the terms or provisions of the writing which differ from the true agreement made were placed in the instrument by mutual mistake.” (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Zurich Insurance Company v. Bass

2. “"an indefeasible title to Lot 12, Block 5 of the Terry Allen Addition of the City of E! Paso, El Paso County, Texas, according to the map and plat thereof on file in the front of Book '573 of the Deed Records of El Paso County, -Texas.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chanoux v. Title Ins. Co.