Smith v. Plaster’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reusens v. Lawson · Carpenter v. Gray · Blanford v. Trust Co. of Norfolk · Burnette v. Young
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.
“[n]o estate . . . for a term of more than five years in lands shall be conveyed unless by deed or will . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is that it shall have a seal affixed thereto.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“One of the essential requisites of a deed,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.