371 So. 2d 1230 - Devillier v. Devillier’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. ““A coowner whether or not he is also a usufructuary of an undivided part of a thing may demand its partition in kind to the extent necessary to enable him to obtain the perfect ownership of a determined part. Partition by licitation is not allowed even though there is a person who is both a usufructuary and an owner.” (Acts 1976, No. 103, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 415 So. 2d 211 - Pasternack v. Samuels · 625 So. 2d 477 - Campbell v. Pasternack Holding Co., Inc.

2. “"The law which confers the right to the partition of a `thing held in common' has no application to those who hold, respectively, the fragments of a dismembered title to the same immovable property, for the reason that in such case, the title being dismembered, each part is a distinct thing, held by a different owner, and there is no `thing held in common.' It is clear therefore, that as between plaintiffs, as owner of an undivided interest in the naked title to the property in question, and defendant as usufructuary (of such interest), there is no basis for this action."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steele v. Denning

3. ““No one can be compelled to hold property with another, unless the contrary has been agreed upon; any one has a right to demand the division of a thing held in common, by the action of partition.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 380 So. 2d 206 - Humble v. John W. Nugier Real Estate & Insurance Agency, Inc.