Security Mortgage Co. v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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. ““ ‘The object of the limitation is to present the whole cause here for determination in a single appeal and thus prevent the unnecessary expense and delay of repeated appeals.’ As the appeal must be dismissed for being prematurely taken, we refrain from passing upon the issues determined upon demurrer until the whole case is brought before us on appeal properly taken and prosecuted.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Independent Insurance Consultants, Inc. v. First State Bank · Hortonv. City of Paragould