Wright v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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

1. ““While the constitution provides that the county court shall have jurisdiction pertaining to probate courts, its authority to order the sale of real property of an intestate is derived wholly from the statute. The proceedings are required to be in writing, and the powers of the court are brought into action by means of an affidavit or verified petition of the administrator. (Code, sec. 1046.) But the cases in which the power of the court may be exercised to order the sale of real property are specially designated in the statute, and the implication is, it can be exercised in no other. * * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mumper v. Matthes

2. ““Where there is matter of substance upon which jurisdiction can hinge, mere errors or defects, although material in some respects, but which might have been avoided on appeal, cannot avail to condemn a judicial proceeding when, by lapse of time, an appeal is barred, which has become the foundation of title to property. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Yeaton v. Barnhart