Johnson v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 16 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]very conveyance of real estate, and every instrument of writing setting forth an agreement to convey any real estate or whereby any real estate may be affected, to operate as notice to third persons shall be proved or acknowledged and certified in the manner prescribed by this title and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which such real estate is situated, but shall be valid and binding between the parties thereto without such proofs, acknowledgment, certification or record, and as to all other persons who have had actual notice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. Stansfield · Patel v. Rupp

2. “[Notice] required by § 57-1-6 [is] satisfied if a party dealing with the land had information of facts which would put a prudent man on inquiry and which, if pursued, would lead to actual knowledge as to the state of the title.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ault v. Holden · Peter W. Billings v. Cinnamon Ridge, Ltd. (In Re Granada, Inc.)

3. “A grantee under a quitclaim deed acquires only the interest of his grantor 'be that interest what it may.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ashworth v. Bullock · Durbano & Garn Investment Co., LC v. First American Title Insurance Co.