Casey v. Krump’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In order to render a deed void because of the mental incapacity of the grantor — and the principle is the same for any other signatory — the test is ‘not merely that the grantor’s mental powers were impaired, but whether he had sufficient capacity to understand in a reasonable manner the nature and effect of the act which he was doing.’ 18 Corp.Jur. 218, § 131; White v. Farley, 81 Ala. 563 , 8 So. 215 ; Stanfill v. Johnson, 159 Ala. 546 , 49 So. 223 .”;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Moore

2. ““That on the 5th day of January, 1949, the purported date of the execution and delivery of said document, a copy of which is attached to the original bill of complaint as Exhibit A’, the said Nic Krump was of unsound mind, and incapable of executing and delivering said document as a valid deed of conveyance of said lands, of which facts the respondent well knew.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Casey v. Krump