Eliason v. Wilborn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 28 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Except in case of fraud and except as herein otherwise provided, no person taking a transfer of registered land, or any estate or interest therein, or of any charge upon the same from the registered owner shall be held to inquire into the circumstances under which, or the consideration for which such owner or any previous registered owner was registered, or be affected with notice, actual or constructive, of any unregistered trust, lien, claim, demand or interest; and the knowledge that any unregistered trust, lien, claim, demand or interest is in existence shall not of itself be imputed as fraud.” (Emphasis added.) Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 30, par. 86.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 63 Ill. 2d 270 - Echols v. Olsen

2. ““Even if they had been the original holders under tho Torrens Act and had attempted' \o save their supposed rights by protest the answer would be that they were under no compulsion when they came into the system, that an elaborate plan was offered of which the provisions objected to were an important part, and that they could take it as it was or let it alone.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. York County

3. “[a]s between two innocent persons one of whom must suffer the consequence of a breach of trust the one who made it possible by his act of confidence must bear the loss.”

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