Witt v. Milton’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Cal. 2d 576 - Pacific National Agricultural Credit Corp. v. Wilbur · 31 Cal. App. 2d 509 - Pace v. Threewit · Ehrke v. Tucker · 90 F. Supp. 1012 - In Re Kessler · In re Driscoll
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`As against third persons the description in the mortgage must point out the subject-matter so that such persons may identify the chattels covered, but it is not essential that the description be so specific that the property may be identified by it alone, if such description suggests inquiries or means of identification which, if pursued, will disclose the property covered. This rule is based upon the maxim, that is certain which is capable of being made certain. So a description is sufficient if it may be aided by parol proof and the property covered by the mortgage identified.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schieche v. Pasco
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.