Berles v. Comstock’s Empirical Analysis
1895
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 1936
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lathrop v. . Clapp · Lee v. Buck · Hinsdale v. . Sinclair · Kay v. Vischers
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.
““The object of this statute (3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 15125 et seq.) is to provide a summary and inexpensive method by which judgment creditors, after the failure of the sheriff to find any property, may determine, by an examination of the debtor, whether he has property subject to execution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kraft v. Stott““The purpose of all these statutes is to give a summary proceeding where the sheriff is unable to find property on which to levy his writ. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kraft v. Stott
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.