Twomey v. Papalia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is well settled that a creditor whose claim is secured by an authentic act of mortgage, importing confession of judgment and containing the pact de non alienando, may resort to executory proceedings against the succession of the deceased mortgagor and have the mortgaged property seized and sold to satisfy the debt, without having to await the appointment of an administrator and suffer the delay and expense of an administration and final settlement of tEe succession of the deceased mortgagor. See Succession of Thompson, 42 La. Ann. 118 , 7 So. 477 ; Succession of Leoper, 105 La. 772 , 30 So. 131 ; Succession of Finegan, 135 La. 473 , 65 So. 614 ; Succession of McCall, 140 La. 88 , 72 So. 818 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Freedman v. Succession of Carmouche

2. ““A contract cannot be annulled on the ground that one of the contracting parties was insane, if the contract was made prior to the filing, of a suit to interdict him, except* on the allegation and proof either that he was notoriously insane or that the other party to the contract could not have been deceived as to the state of mind of the insane party.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nalty v. Nalty