Schmucker v. Sibert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 60 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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The acceptance of the deed makes it a contract in writing binding upon the grantee, just as the acceptance by a lessee of a lease in writing signed by only the lessor, makes it a written contract binding upon such lessee ; and suit can be instituted upon it, and the same rights maintained, as though it were also signed by the grantee.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barhyte v. New Hampshire Real-estate Co. · Hendricks v. Brooks

2. ““We are aware of the fact that in some states a distinction is drawn between the note and mortgage, and that a foreclosure of the latter may be barred even when a recovery on the note is not. And this in states such as California, where the note is the principal thing, and the mortgage only a security for the note.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. Grant

3. ““As soon as the note is barred the mortgage is also barred; and a grantee of the mortgagor may interpose this defense to an action to foreclose the mortgage, whether the mortgagor does or not.” (Syl. H 3.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Birch