Union Trust Co. v. Glunt’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “"We think the chancellor correctly held that the case at bar was ruled by Cowdery v. Herring, supra [ 106 Fla. 567 , 143 So. 433 , 144 So. 348 ]. Since the homestead was within the limits of a city or town, the real point with which we are confronted is whether or not the improvements on the land in question amounted to more than the `residence and business house of the owner'? What constitutes the `residence and business house' of the owner is not defined in the Constitution but in Cowdery v. Herring, supra [ 106 Fla. 567 , 143 So. 435 ], we said that the intent of this language was to `preserve as exempt a reasonable portion of the homestead improvements, in addition to the owner's actual residence, when it appears that the improvements concerned are being used as a means of making the owner's livelihood.' One's business, trade, craft or other means by which he made his living might have much to do with determining what constituted his `residence and business house'. "As heretofore pointed out, the improvements consisted of a small cottage and two-story garage apartment. It would not be unreasonable to hold that the two-story garage apartment was a part of the homestead. It is a matter of common knowledge that garage apartments are frequently placed adjacent to the home for rental as well as utility purposes. From the record, the one-story cottage was a one room affair, 12 feet wide and 26 feet long. Its only purpose or design was to produce a small rental or contribution `”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Heil Co. v. Lavieri · 150 So. 2d 263 - White v. Posick

2. “* * * half of one acre within the limits of any incorporated city or town, owned by the head of a family residing in this State, together with one thousand dollars worth of personal property, and the improvements on the real estate, shall be exempt from forced sale under process of any court * * *. The exemption herein provided for in a city or town shall not extend to more improvements or buildings than the residence and business house of the owner * * *.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 220 So. 2d 403 - Weiss v. Stone · 150 So. 2d 263 - White v. Posick