Northcutt v. Bastable’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Section 5505, Rev. Laws 1910, provides that the action of forcible detainer may, in some instances, be brought by one who has never been in possession, as witness the following clause, * * * ‘and in cases where the defendant is a settler or occupier of lands and tenements without color of title, and to which the complainant has the right of possession.’ Thus, if the defendants are occupying the premises without color of title, such an action might be maintained.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Mayhall

2. “The action of forcible entry and detainer is possessory in its nature, and has for its purpose the restitution of possession of lands and tenements to one who has been deprived of such possession by force. The right to maintain the action is not determined by plaintiff's right of possession, but by whether he has been in possession, and such possession has been taken from him by force.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ball v. Dancer