Gest v. Packwood’s Empirical Analysis
39 F. 525 · 1889
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
November 1909
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on William Shields v. Robert R Barrow · Williams v. Morgan · Hardin v. Boyd · People's Savings Bank v. Bates · James M'Donald v. Freeman Smalley
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A written agreement for security on certain property for the payment of a debt is, in equity, a mortgage, and will be enforced as such against all parties to the agreement and those who have notice of it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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