Corbitt v. Logan’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently July 2002
2 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on El Reno Electric Light and Telephone Co. v. Jennison · Sharum v. Sharum · Whitfield v. Frensley Bros. Lbr. Co. · Jossman v. Rice · Beidleman v. Barry
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * [T]he courts have always exercised a liberal policy in connection with the enforcement of these liens so long as no substantial wrong or injustice was shown to the opposing parties, apparently on the theory that these laws are made for the protection of laborers, artisans, and materialmen who should not be held to a fine degree of technicality in securing their legal rights. A substantial compliance with the terms of the statutes has always been held sufficient in such cases. "Under the facts in the instant case the lien claim shows the amount claimed, the items thereof, the name of the claimant and a description of the property which would enable a party familiar with the locality to identify the premises intended to be described with reasonable certainty. " (emphasis supplied)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Where a mechanic's lien is properly and timely filed, containing an incorrect description of the property to be affected thereby, but containing all other requirements, but such description is sufficient, when inquiry is pursued, to enable a person to identify the premises intended to be described with reasonable certainty, such lien statement is sufficient to support an action in foreclosure.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.