Randal v. Rutherford’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2000
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Allison
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.
“That we, Clifford Rutherford and wife Maggie Rutherford ... do grant, sell, convey, assign and deliver unto the said Grantees an undivided one two-hundred fortieth (½-io) interest in and to all of the oil, gas and other minerals in and under, and that may be produced from the following described land situated in Young County, Texas, to wit: . [Legal description]. For a better description of said land reference is hereby made to deeds of record in the Deed Records of Young County, Texas, and the interest hereby conveyed in said land is that portion that the grantor, Clifford Rutherford, received from his deceased parents. [Emphasis added].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rutherford v. Randal
How this case has been treated — in progress
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