grant by quantity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 77 U.S. 224 - Hornsby v. United States · 1869Most cited · 40 citing opinions
grants by quantity, as of one or more leagues situated at some designated place, or within a larger tract described by out-boundaries, where the donee was entitled out of the general tract only to the quantity specified
How often courts cite the cases defining “grant by quantity”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “grant by quantity” — 52 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1869–1869
- ORIGINAL
Grants by quantity, as of one or more leagues of land situates in a larger tract, described by out-boundaries, where the donee was entitled only to the quantity specified