Birtrong v. Coronado Building Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 2004 · most notably Pacheco v. Martinez (1981), Vigil v. Sandoval (1987)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Marquez v. Padilla · Continental Life Ins. Co. v. Smith · Duvall v. Stone · Merrifield v. Buckner · Turner v. Sanchez
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The intention of the grantor must be derived from the language of the instrument of conveyance, and it will not be impeached except to correct or prevent injustice for such reasons as accident, mistake or fraud. (Citations omitted.) Prior considerations, negotiations or stipulations are merged in the final and formal deed executed by the parties. Although the terms of the deed may vary from the prior negotiations, the deed alone must be looked to in determining the rights of the parties. (Citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hyder v. Brenton“The burden of proving title by adverse possession is upon him who asserts it. That burden must be met by clear and convincing evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.