Hubbard v. Burton’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The only question which it is necessary to determine relates to the proper construction of the contract between Miss Alexander and Jeffries (the vendee). ‘All of the timber not removed from said land within twelve months, whether cut or standing, is to be the property of the said Mary J. Alexander. ’ We have no doubt that any trees standing, or felled, and lying in their natural state upon the land, after the expiration of twelve months from the date of the contract, would belong to the vendor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hanna v. Buford