Ford v. Markham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In all cases wherein loss or damage occurs to property resulting from motor vehicle collision amounting to two hundred ($200.00) dollars or less, and the defendant liable therefor shall, without meritorious defense, fail to pay the same within sixty days after written notice of the claim has been received, such defendant shall be liable to pay the person entitled thereto, double the amount of such logs or damage, together with a reasonable attorney’s fee which shall not be less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and court costs. This liability, which is limited to damage to property, attaches when liability is denied and suit is filed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coudret v. Sanders

2. ““Thus the want of a meritorious defense relates not to the issue of ultimate liability but to the failure to pay the claim within 60 days after notice. Apparently the phrase was inserted in the statute to provide for instances when the defendant had a valid reason for not making payment within 60 days, such as the failure of his liability insurance carrier to process the claim within that time or the occurrence of some unavoidable casualty that prevented the defendant from meeting the 60-day deadline.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coudret v. Sanders