Sheets v. Paine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““The defendant had no right to make such redemption or to pay such taxes, other than the rights which he acquired under the tax deed and tax certificate, which have been considered and held to be worthless.. The defendant, therefore, was, as to these lands, a mere volunteer. He may have paid the taxes and redeemed the land in good faith, but this does not change his legal relation to the land; nor does such good-faith payment enable the court in this action to fasten a lien upon the lands superior to the plaintiff’s mortgage lien. Defendant’s remedy, if any, is against the county.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Paine v. Germantown Trust Co.