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.
““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““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.