Proper v. Proper’s Empirical Analysis
1903
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1973
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Galpin v. Page · Sage v. Central Railroad · Wilkerson v. Eilers · Vizzard v. Taylor · Reimer v. Newel
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.
“Service by publication was unknown to the common law. It exists only by statute and so cannot be made except as permitted by statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Murphy v. Murphy
How this case has been treated — in progress
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