Wagar v. Bowley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is unnecessary to discuss at length the evidence offered to show the invalidity of the tax. There was testimony which tended to show that there was included in the tax levy $200, illegally added to the salary of the judge of probate. If this should be proven on a new trial, it would be sufficient to avoid the tax deed of 1875. Douvielle v. Board of Supervisors, 40 Mich. 585 ; Silsbee v. Stockle, 44 Mich. 561 ; Hammontree v. Lott, 40 Mich. 190 ; Lacey v. Davis, 4 Mich. 140 ; Case v. Dean, 16 Mich. 12 ; Edwards v. Taliafero, 34 Mich. 13 . The deeds for the other years are admitted to be void. The case will be remanded, with leave to defendants to amend their answer, setting up defects claimed to exist in the proceedings taken to spread the tax. The testimony taken may stand, provided the complainants shall be given the right to cross-examine defendants’ witnesses.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wagar v. Bowley