Smith v. Newell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 10 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is next said that the verification to the complaint is insufficient, and that the court erred in refusing to quash the proceedings for that reason. But if the objection were well taken, it is not available here. The defect complained of is one that does not affect the merits of the controversy, and was capable of being amended in the trial court. In such cases this court is required by statute to ‘consider all amendments which could have been made as made,’ and decide the cause upon the merits. Bal. Code § 6535. It will therefore treat defects of this kind as amended, or, what is better, perhaps, disregard them.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 52 Wash. 2d 510 - In Re Messmer · 49 Wash. 2d 753 - Powell v. Continental Baking Co.

2. ““This provision of the statute it seems to us was intended to enable the courts to correct just such omissions as were made by the treasurer in this instance. It was intended to put it in the power of the court on the hearing of a tax foreclosure suit to render judgment as the evident justice of the case required. That is, it was intended that the courts should inquire into the merits of complaints made against tax proceedings and allow them to prevail only when the matter complained of operated to the injury of the complaining party and is incurable by any judgment that can be entered in the foreclosure procedings.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wilfong v. Ontario Land Co. · Jefferson County v. Trumbull

3. ““Any person desiring to pay taxes upon any part or parts of real estate heretofore or hereafter assessed as one parcel, or tract, may do so by applying to the county treasurer, who must carefully investigate and ascertain the relative or proportionate value said part bears to the whole tract assessed, on which basis the assessment must be divided and taxes collected accordingly.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sound Investment Co. v. Bellingham Bay Land Co.