Dix v. Olds’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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every mechanic, builder, artisan, workman, laborer or other person who shall do or perform any work upon, or furnish any material, fixtures, engine, boiler or machinery for any building, erection, improvement upon land, or upon any boat or vessel of any kind, or for repairing same, under or by virture of any contract with the owner or proprietor thereof, or his agent, trustee, contractor or subcontractor, upon complying with the provisions of this act [§§ 51-601, 51-604 — 51-626], shall have for his work or labor done, or materials, fixtures, engine, boiler or machinery furnished a lien upon such building, erection or improvement, and upon the land belonging to such owner or proprietor on which the same are situated, to the extent of one acre; 2 . ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lambert v. Newman

2. ““We conclude that if the legislature had intended to create a statutory lien on all land that may be improved by labor and materials, it would have separated the improvement from the land subject to lien, and would have said ‘improvement to land’ instead of ‘improvement upon land,’ and would have extended the lien to the land so improved rather than confine it to the land ‘upon which the same are situated.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lambert v. Newman