Callahan v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It will be seen that Thompson conveyed the land to Turpin by quitclaim deed after he had entered it, and before he received the patent, and the contention is that this deed did not convey the after-acquired title, so that Turpin only got an equity, and that the plaintiff cannot maintain this suit at law on that title. Thompson, by Ms certificate of entry, got an imperfect tille, — -one upon which, by the laws of this state, he could have maintained an action of ejectment for the land against any person not having a better title. The ¡latent, when issued, made that imperfect title a perfect legal one. The entry and the patent were all several acts necessary to make a complete title, and are to have relation back to the act which created the equitable tille."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kingman v. Holthaus

2. ““Any suit or proceeding against the purchaser at a tax-sale, his heirs or assigns, for the recovery of real property, or any interest therein sold for taxes, or to defeat or avoid a sale or conveyance of real property sold for taxes under the provisions of this act, shall be commenced within three years from the time of recording of the tax-deed, and not thereafter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daniels v. Case