388 So. 2d 1319 - Wright v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e hold that a special equity is created by an unrebutted showing, as was developed here, that all of the consideration for property held as tenants by the entireties was supplied by one spouse from a source clearly unconnected with the marital relationship.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. West v. West · Sudholt v. Sudholt

2. “To make a valid gift, a donor or grantor must have an unqualified right to the property he transfers ... Before a gift can be make the donor must first own the subject of the gift.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 399 So. 2d 433 - Marsh v. Marsh

3. “Now the burden is on the grantee to establish, by `contradictory' evidence, that a gift was intended. In sum, the grantee must overcome the presumption of the special equity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 399 So. 2d 433 - Marsh v. Marsh