Parrish v. Parrish’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. ““It is helpful to ascertain whether the transaction began in an application for the loan of money; was there great disparity between the value of the property and the consideration of the conveyance ; whether the grantor retained possession, paid taxes, made improvements a tenant would not probably make, or otherwise, with the knowledge and consent of the grantee, acted towards the property in a way an owner would naturally do when his property was incumbered. The conduct of the pm-ties under, and zvith reference to, any agreement made by them, throws a strong light upon their understanding of its scope and purpose; and, upon this idea, the inquiries above suggested would naturally arise in the mind of the searcher after truth, who, in the midst of conflicting statements, would probably give more heed to the actions of the parties titan to their words.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cousins v. Crawford