Traeger v. Traeger’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. ““ ‘it is also true that whether a particular clause in a deed will be considered an exception or a reservation depends not so much upon the words used as upon the nature of the right or thing excepted or reserved. . . . ‘. . . And the meaning can best be arrived at by ascertaining if possible the intention of the parties, as evidenced by the words of the deed, the object they had in view, and the circumstances under which the deed was executed.’ ” Traeger, supra, 35 Wis.2d at 712-13 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 88 Wis. 2d 350 - Pollnow v. Department of Natural Resources

2. “merely created an easement in the grantors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Wis. 2d 352 - Godfrey Co. v. Lopardo