Garrison v. Morrow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Because appellant [plaintiff] primarily and affirmatively seeks to have the lease contract construed, and since the construction that is given the lease when the case is heard on its merits will likely be determinative of the rights of the parties, it is easy to mistakenly assume that having the lease construed is the end result sought. But appellant does not seek merely an abstract construction of the lease. Instead, he seeks the tangible benefits to be derived from having the lease construed as he contends it should be. In other words, he seeks, as aforesaid, to establish title to a leasehold estate in land and to gain or retain possession of the premises described in the lease. Construing the lease will be but an incident in determining whether this relief is to be granted or withheld, even though the construction that is given it may be conclusive of the question.” (Ibid. Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alliance Life Insurance v. Ulysses Volunteer Fireman's Relief Ass'n

2. “nature and dominant purpose of the suit,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Texas Oil & Gas Corporation v. Allgood