Metzger v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
36
cited by 36 later decisions
1
states following
January 1979
most recently cited
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hollingsworth v. Hicks · Dunham v. Stitzberg · Martinez v. Mundy · Costilla Estates Development Co. v. Mascarenas · Potter v. Washburn
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * In any event, the deed being, as stated, in the nature of a quitclaim deed, it is well settled that the same conveys only such title, if any, as the grantor had. Conversely, a quitclaim deed conveys nothing if the grantor himself did not have title or an interest in the property. Annotation, 162 A.L.R. 556 , 562."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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