Hyde v. Ishmael’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 11 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The homestead of any family in this state, not within any city, town or village, shall consist of not more than one hundred and sixty acres of land, which may be in one or more parcels, to be selected by the owner. The homestead within any- city, town, or village owned and occupied as a residence only, shall consist of not exceeding one acre of land, to be selected by the owner * * * ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm · Storm v. Garnett

2. ““Did these acts evidence a fixed intention to personally occupy, accompanied with the overt acts of preparation, and were they sufficient to impress upon the land in controversy the homestead character and to bring it within the protection of the constitutional provision above quoted?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. First State Bank of Idabel

3. “nothing in the laws of the United States . . . shall deprive any Indian or other allottee of the benefit of the homestead and exemption laws of the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm