Abbott v. Abbott’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. ““It is well settled that parol evidence cannot be introduced to contradict or control the language of a deed; but it is equally well settled that latent ambiguities may be explained by such evidence. Facts existing at the time of the deed, and prior thereto, may be proved by parol evidence, with the view of establishing a particular line as the one contemplated by the parties, when such line is left, by the terms of the deed, ambiguous and uncertain.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Seekins v. Lougee

2. ““What are the boundaries of land conveyed by a deed, is a question of law. Where the boundaries are, is a question of fact. An existing line of an adjoining tract may as well be a monument as any other object. And the identity of a monument found upon the ground with one referred to in the deed, is always a question””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brewster v. Churchill