Hinson v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently October 1970
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 Griffin v. Hall · American Life Ins. Co. of Alabama · Smith v. Witcher · McEvoy v. Leonard · Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Terry
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.
““In proceedings of this sort, the lands should be described with such certainty that prospective purchasers may readily identify the several parcels; and that deeds thereto should not invite controversy because of indefinite description; and the sheriff could readily execute an order to put the purchaser in possession. “Deeds which may be upheld only on the broad ground that a description is certain which may be made certain, should not result from judicial sales, if probable controversy and expense may arise because of indefinite description. “When challenged by demurrer the bill should be amended, if need be, to render the description certain. Martin v. Carroll, supra; Hughes v. Allen et al., 229 Ala. 467 , 158 So. 307 ; Carroll v. Fausett, 206 Ala. 526 , 91 So. 73 ; Griffin v. Hall, 111 Ala. 601 , 20 So. 485 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Horn v. Peek
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.