Foster v. Berg’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1952
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eastman v. Linn · Merriman v. Knight · Foster v. Brick · State v. Crosley Park Land Co. · Foster v. Gage
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * This statute renders certain irregularities, errors and mistakes harmless; but it does not cure jurisdictional defects. Foster v. Gage, 117 Minn. 499 , 136 N. W. 299 . It does not give validity to the plaintiff’s tax title.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Whiteside““* * * We now hold that the statute intends the filing of the certified copy prior to the first publication of the delinquent list; that such filing is jurisdictional; and that without such filing there is no valid judgment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Whiteside
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.