Bryan v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““The deed under consideration here from Mrs. Bryan to Thomas is more than a quitclaim deed. It recites that the grantors 'have granted, sold, conveyed, assigned and delivered and by these presents do grant, sell, convey, assign and deliver unto the said grantee all of our undivided interest in and to all of the oil, gas and other minerals in and under and that may be produced from the following described land situated in Hunt County, Texas, * * *.’ “ * ⅜ * “To remove the question from speculation and doubt we now hold that the grantee in a deed which purports to convey all of the grantor’s undivided interest in a particular tract of land, if otherwise entitled, will be accorded the protection of a bona fide purchaser.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Penny v. Adams

2. “[t]o remove the question from speculation and doubt we now hold that the grantee in a deed which purports to convey all of the grantor’s undivided interest in a particular tract of land, if otherwise entitled, will be accorded the protection of a bona fide purchaser.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Wildflower Production Co.