Burke v. Thomson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We cannot agree that a party who has been duly and legally served, but having watched for and ascertained the defect in the return, fails to answer at the term to which he has been duly notified, choosing to rely simply upon the mistake of the officer, has any claims upon the indulgence of the court, or can complain if he should not receive notice of an application to correct such judgment for the same length of time before the beginning of the term as is required for an original suit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Employer's Reinsurance Corp. v. Brock

2. “The opportunity of a defendant who rests upon the defect in the return to plead might, it seems, be as effectually cut off by an amendment during the term after default day, as if made at a subsequent term.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Employer's Reinsurance Corp. v. Brock

3. “at any time under the direction of the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Employer's Reinsurance Corp. v. Brock