Corbin v. Carlin’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “In all cases of tax sale the deed of conveyance, whether executed to a private person, a corporation, or a forfeited land commission, is prima facie evidence of a good title in the holder, that all proceedings have been regular and that all legal requirements have been complied with. An action for the recovery of land sold pursuant to this chapter or for the recovery of the possession must not be maintained unless brought within two years from the date of the sale as provided in Section 12-51-90(C).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Federal Financial Co. v. Hartley

2. “to create a time limit during which one who lost title to property through a tax sale, after proper notice, may attempt to regain title.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Forfeited Land Comm'n of Bamberg Cnty. v. Beard