Richards v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There was no proof whatever as to the payment of taxes. If the taxes were not in fact paid, and if Richards in fact held a tax-sale certificate for the requisite time and paid the balance of the purchase-money, he was entitled to a patent which would absolutely cut off all interest of the plaintiff in the land.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Griffith v. Richards