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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Hanson v. Zoller.

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1 Hanson v. Zoller Anchor
nd · 1971
green “the fundamental purpose of the recording statutes is to protect potential purchasers of real property against the risk that they may be paying out good money to someone who does not actually own the property that he is purporting to sell.” 5
2 Hanson v. Zoller
nd · 1971
green “the recording acts operate by making the history of the title involved in a real estate transaction readily available to a prospective purchaser, and by providing that the history so disclosed by the record is binding upon a prospective purchaser whether he consults the record o…” 5
3 Capps v. Weflen
nd · 2014
green “an auditor's plat is made for taxation purposes for the convenience of the tax officials in 8 describing the property on the tax rolls and does not confer rights in or transfer title to land.” 3
4 Capps v. Weflen
nd · 2014
green “recording documents is a ministerial action on the part of a county recorder.” 3
5 Berg v. Jaeger
nd · 2020
green “to be enforceable 4 by mandamus, the law must require an act to be done; mandamus cannot compel an official's discretionary actions.” 3
6 Burgum v. Jaeger
nd · 2020
neutral “a petitioner for a writ of mandamus must show a clear legal right to performance of the act sought to be compelled and must establish no plain, speedy, and adequate remedy exists in the ordinary course of law.” 3
7 Nevin v. Kennedy
nd · 2023
neutral “purports to convey only a certain parcel within witzig's fifth subdivision,” 3
8 4201 2nd Ave W v. First State Bank & Trust
nd · 2023
neutral “the legal conclusion of whether a deed is void is a question of law, fully reviewable on appeal.” 3

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