Johnson v. Pruitt’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Webb & Aigner v. Darrow · Gafford v. Stearns · Keith & Son v. Ham · Belser v. Youngblood & Sons · Gay & Bruce v. W. B. Smith & Sons
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the defendants purchased this cotton, if the landlord consented to the sale in advance, he cannot enforce his lien on the cotton thus purchased, nor on the proceeds, unless in giving his consent he stipulated that his rent lien should be paid out of the proceeds.... ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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