Beck v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
December 2014
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Winn v. Aleda Const. Co., Inc. · Van Deusen v. Snead · Poe v. Voss · Watson v. Avon Street Business Center, Inc. · Miller v. Reynolds
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, provisions which are collateral to the passage of title and not covered by the deed are not merged into the deed and survive its execution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Such agreements are considered collateral to the sale if they are distinct agreements made in connection with the sale of the property, if they do not affect the title to the property, if they are not addressed in the deed, and if they do not conflict with the deed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the agreement in the contract for sale regarding the impact of utility easements on the [buyers'] intended use of the property was collateral to the transfer of title, was not merged into the deed, and survived the execution of the deed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.