Bell v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
August 1980
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jessewich v. Abbene · Richard R. Adams Co. v. Pacific States Savings & Loan Co. · Johnson v. Matthews · State Bank of Beaver County v. Hollingshead · Russell v. Douget
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Since the action is simply one for judgment on the note * * * the judgment entered should be modified by striking therefrom the portion thereof to the effect that the judgment entered is for the balance of the purchase price of the described realty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bell v. Jones
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.