Ogden v. Bradshaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘And the said party of the first part, for himself and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, hereby covenants and agrees to- and with the said party of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, as follows, to wit, that he will pay to the said party of the second part, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, the sum of money above specified with interest accruing thereon at the times and in the manner stated in said note, together with all costs and expenses, if any there be.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bolter v. Wilson

2. “It has also been ruled in numerous cases in this state that after the statute of limitations has run against the ... note to which the mortgage is collateral, the mortgage ... may be foreclosed within twenty years after default on the note ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 381 Wis. 2d 218 - Bank of N.Y. Mellon v. Klomsten

3. ““The plaintiff could have brought separate actions to achieve what he has here done in one action, and it is no serious invasion of defendant’s rights that the result was accomplished in one action instead of two.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cavadini v. Larson