Staples v. Todd’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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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. ““The principal contention of Staples is that the notice published by the treasurer as to when the ‘time for redemption of said real estate from said tax sale’ would expire did not speak the truth. We agree with this contention and consequently hold that there should be a reversal of judgment. “The notice recites merely that said time for redemption ‘will expire on the 27th day of October, A. D. 1938.’ There is no statement in the notice as to when the deed should issue, and it appears from the record that the period of redemption had actually expired on the 17th day of December preceding, or over seven months prior to the publication of notice ‘of application for issuance of treasurer’s deed,’ so it is at once apparent that the notice did not speak the truth in this particular.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eshe v. Clough