86 N.C. App. 85 - Day v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2003
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gaylord v. Gaylord · Thompson v. . Davis · 27 N.C. App. 113 - Strange v. Sink · Yarborough v. Yarborough · State v. Pearson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]xcept in cases of fraud, mistake or undue influence, a parol trust, to arise by reason of the contract or agreement of the parties thereto, will not be set up or engrafted in favor of the grantor upon a written deed conveying to the grantee the absolute title, and giving clear indication on the face of the instrument that such a title was intended to pass.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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