Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1904
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 1912
most recently cited
2 district ·
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““With respect to his undivided share, eaeli cotenant has substantially all the rights which a tenant in severalty would have, except that of sole and exclusive possession. It is entirely competent for one tenant in common to make a lease of his undivided share to his cotenant, and he may contract with him for that purpose as with a stranger.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Golden Rod
How this case has been treated — in progress
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