Abernathy v. Adoue’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But the filing of these pleas was justified by the allegations of the in-terveners that the general plan or scheme of South End Land Company in platting and dedicating and selling Westmoreland addition was to create a highly restricted residential district and that the removal of the restrictions from appellant’s lots would injure their property. While the interveners were not given a specific right, by the deeds under which.they held, to contest appellant’s petition, yet, under general principles of equity, they had the right to do so by showing that the cancellation of these restrictions would violate the general plan or scheme under which they purchased their property, resulting in damage to their property.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Calvary Temple v. Taylor

2. ““Changed conditions in a neighborhood brought about by agencies outside of the parties themselves will terminate a building restriction limiting or restricting property in use for residential purposes only. Abernathy v. Adoue (Tex.Civ. App.) 49 S.W.2d 476 .” [ 54 S.W.2d at p. 243 ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hunter v. Pillers