Beck v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently August 2015
18 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 Ault v. Harris · Missoula Mercantile Co. v. O'Donnell · McCormack v. Bertschinger · Soliri v. Fasso · Interstate Lumber Co. v. Rider
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]herefore [held] the party having the greatest ability to protect its interests has the burden of exercising due care to prevent overreaching by an interested party. In this case [lender] was in the best position to protect against non-payment by the landowner by either withholding funds to the extent of the contemplated improvements or by requiring the landowner to obtain lien waivers from the mechanics. [It found] no merit in [lender's] argument that section 71-3-502(4) should be construed strictly to pivot on the words "upon the land." Such a narrow interpretation would defeat the purpose of the statute. [The Court held] appellants' liens [took] priority over respondents' trust indenture.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(4) The liens attach to the buildings, structures, or improvements for which they were furnished or the work was done in preference to any prior lien, encumbrance, or mortgage upon the land upon which said buildings, structures, or improvements are erected; and any person enforcing such lien may sell the same under execution, and the purchaser may remove the property sold within a reasonable time thereafter.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““A trust indenture is deemed to be a mortgage on real property and is subject to all laws relating to mortgages on real property except to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of this part, in which event the provisions of this part shall control. For the purpose of applying the mortgage laws, the grantor in a trust indenture is deemed the mortgagor and the beneficiary is deemed the mortgagee.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.