431 So. 2d 817 - Mitchell v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 2010
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Chappell · Hanby v. Texas Co. · Scurto v. Le Blanc · Ceromi v. Harris · Commercial Germania Trust & Savings Bank v. White
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... plaintiff claims title ... by virtue of a sale, but is without any evidence in writing, ... and relies on testimonial proof to establish her demand. Evidence of this kind is insufficient to establish title ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“All sales of immovable property shall be made by authentic act or under private signature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Every transfer of immovable property must be in writing...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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