Yates v. Darby’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Malooly Brothers, Inc. v. Napier (1970), Cadle Co. v. Butler (1997)
4 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Humphreys-Mexia Co. v. Gammon · Cathey v. Weaver · Johnson v. Smith · Bunn v. City of Laredo · Douglass v. Blount
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Actions by vendors, etc. There shall be commenced and prosecuted within four (4) years after the cause of action shall have accrued and not afterward, except as herein provided, all actions of the following description: “1. Actions to recover real estate by virtue of a superior title retained by the vendor in a deed of conveyance or purchase money note. “2. Actions’ for the foreclosure of vendor’s liens on real estate. “3. Actions to foreclose deed of trust or mortgage liens on real estate. Provided, however, that where a series of notes may be given or any note may be made payable in installments, or if any other instrument is executed which creates an obligation on the Vendee or Grantee of real estate to pay for the same in installments or partial payments, limitation shall not begin to run until the maturity date of said last note or installment. Upon the expiration of four (4) years from and after the date of maturity of the last said note or installment, payment shall be conclusively presumed to have been made of each said note and installment, and the lien for the security of same shall cease to exist, unless the same is extended by an agreement in writing by the party or parties primarily liable for the payment of the indebtedness, as provided by law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hinds v. Biggs
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.