Cole v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““4. In any such action the petitioner shall proceed diligently to secure and complete service of process as provided by law on all parties defendant. If service of process is not secured and completed upon all parties defendant within sixty days after the petition is filed, the petition, on motion of any defendant, duly served upon the petitioner or his attorney of record, in the absence of a showing by the plaintiff of good cause for failure to secure and complete service, shall be dismissed by the circuit court at the cost of petitioner. From and after the date of dismissal of the action, the probate court in which the estate was being administered at the time the petition was filed shall proceed with the administration of said estate in accordance with the previous order admitting the will to probate, or rejecting it, as if the petition had never been filed in the circuit court.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kane v. Mercantile Trust Co. National Association · Doran v. Wurth

2. ““The issue before this Court is whether the Trial Court abused its discretion in finding that there was no good cause shown for appellant’s failure to obtain service of process in the ninety day period.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woodward v. Nyland