Garrison v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2012 · most notably Estate of Whitt v. Commissioner (1985), Village Toyota Co., Inc. v. Stewart (1983)
4 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on De Mouy v. Jepson · Hall v. Hall · Gardiner v. Willis · Hudgens v. Tillman · Jennings v. Jennings
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It has long been a rule in this jurisdiction that there are three distinct requirements which must be met in order for one to convey a valid inter vivos gift. These are: An intention to give and surrender title to, and dominion over, the property; delivery of the property to the donee; *Page 1111 and acceptance by the donee. Vinson v. Vinson , 262 Ala. 388 , 79 So.2d 31 ; Hudgens v. Tillman , 227 Ala. 672 , 151 So. 863 ."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The existence of an intention to give is to be determined from a consideration of the conduct and declarations of the alleged donor and the relationship and circumstances of the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.