451 So. 2d 803 - Grass v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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. “'By the doctrine of equitable conversion under an executory contract of sale, the equitable estate, in its entirety, passes immediately to the purchaser at the moment the contract becomes effective and the bare legal title for security purposes remains in the vendor. The purchaser of the land is looked on and treated as the owner thereof, and the vendor, though holding the legal title, holds it as a trustee for the purchaser, and the vendee holds the purchase money in trust for the vendor. . . .' (Footnotes omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hudson v. Hudson

2. “"Because equity treats that as being done which should be done, we hold that once Mabel Ward complied with the terms of the agreement signed by Ralph Thurman, the real interest or equitable title passed to Mabel Ward, and Ralph Thurman held the legal title in trust for Mabel Ward. . . ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hudson v. Hudson

3. “If a married woman having a separate estate dies intestate, leaving a husband living, he is entitled to one-half of the personalty of such separate estate absolutely; and to the use of the realty during his life.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hudson v. Hudson