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← 136 MICH 532 - Smith v. Jones

Smith v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

1904

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1932
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Township of Hart v. County of Oceana

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.

  1. ““By the act he is charged with the collection and payment of all school-district taxes. The funds in question were lost by his default, and, under the above statute, the township is liable.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““The school district has no voice in the giving of the bond. The bond is to be executed to the township, with such sureties as the supervisor shall require and approve.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.