In Re Drane’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently May 2013
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 6 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 Hart County Deposit Bank v. Hatfield · Sparks v. Deposit Bank · General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Sharp Motor Sales Co. · Hauseman Motor Company v. Napierella · Liberty Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Miles
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.
“... an adequate description need not describe the property with utmost particularity, but it is sufficient if the facts shown would enable a third party, assisted by external evidence, to identify it.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““For purposes of this article any description of personal property or real estate is sufficient whether or not it is specific if it reasonably identifies what is described.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““As against third persons the description in the mortgage must point out its subject matter so that such persons may identify the chattels covered, to the exclusion of all other like property. It is not essential, however, that the description be so specific that the property may be identified by it alone; but it is sufficient if it suggests inquiries or means of identification which, if pursued, will disclose the property conveyed. This rule is based on the maxim, That is certain, which is capable of being made certain. So, a description is sufficient if it may be aided by parol proof and the property covered by the mortgage identified.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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