Patterson v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1943
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Owens v. Graetzel · McEvoy v. Security Fire Insurance · Greenough v. Willcox · Stuart v. Worden · Ardis v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Miller mortgage was drafted by Miller’s attorney in his own office and the general, rule of law is that, where there is ambiguity in an instrument it is most rigidly construed against the person who drafted it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Higbie v. Chase
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.