46 Ala. App. 27 - Ledyard v. Ledyard’s Empirical Analysis

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24 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Unless the [husband] voluntarily contributes to the mortgage payments, the wife will have made payments of interest and principal for some twelve years by the time the youngest child reaches her majority. But [the wife] must make the payments herself in order to protect her possession, unless [the husband] is required to participate. We hold that [the husband] should be required to reimburse [the wife] in the amount of one-half of the mortgage payments paid by her since the date of the separation and that each of the parties should pay one-half of the installments hereafter accruing. Thereby, [the husband] will be paying one-half of the interest for the use of the home by his children, and that part of the principal paid by him will be returned upon the sale of the dwelling as ordered by the court.””

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

2. “"The allowance of a solicitor's fee stands upon a different footing. That must be restricted to the actual reasonable value of the services rendered, or to be rendered. The chancellor, therefore, erred in allowing the fees of the wife's solicitors, without proof as to their proper amount, and without an inquiry through the register. The chancellor did not have before him the facts necessary to enable him to determine the amount of the fees. 2 Barb.Ch.Pr. 268." 36 Ala. at 405 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 346 So. 2d 459 - Godec v. Godec