McFarlane v. Whitney’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently July 2001 · most notably Long v. NCNB-Texas National Bank (1994), Cline v. Cline (1959)
28 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 Massachusetts State Grange v. Benton · Adams v. Zellner · Rochester German Ins. v. Peaslee-Gaulbert Co. · 30 Tex. Civ. App. 148 - National Loan & Investment Co. of Detroit v. Dorenblaser · Graham v. Fitts
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The requirement is merely that the notices be posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the courthouse door. Thus the courthouse door is designated by the statute as one of the three public places and it is left to the trustee to select two other public places in the county. The statute does not provide that the other two public places selected shall not be in the town or city that is the county seat, and it does not prohibit the posting of two or of ail three of the notices in the same city or town. We are not authorized to read such provision into the statute.” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wilson v. Vance““ * * * But even though the act does not by its terms provide a standard of time for all persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, such has been its practical effect. Very soon after the act went into effect the standard of time established by and under it was adopted and came into general use by the people throughout the United States. Such fixed single standard was found to be not only beneficial but necessary in the operation of railroad trains and other means of transportation and in conducting business, governmental and private, and social affairs.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * and after having posted written notice at three public places in Jefferson County, Texas, one of which was at the Court House door of said County, for three consecutive weeks prior to the day of sale, * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hart v. Eason
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.