Lull v. Stone’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 difficult to see, if this be the true construction of such deeds, with what view the covenants were inserted, unless to deceive the grantee with the idea that he was getting covenants upon which he could safely repose for the security of his title, but which a narrow and technical construction would render utterly nugatory, on the day of trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 17 Ohio C.C. Dec. 285 - Fountain Square Theatre Co. v. Pendery