Main v. Payne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Because the suit refers to real estate, does it necessarily follow that it is for the recovery of real property? An examination of the decisions of this court, and of the various provisions of the civil code, convinces us that an action may refer to real estate, and yet not come within the class of actions for the recovery of real property .... [T]he action for the recovery of real property ... is a suit brought for the possession of real estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 9 Kan. App. 2d 325 - City of Attica v. Mull Drilling Co.

2. ““Civil actions, other than for the recovery of real property, can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: * * * Third. Within two years: * * * An action for relief on the ground of fraud — the cause of action in such case shall not b.e deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martin v. Gassert