Cowan v. Mason’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1985
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alexander v. Hagedorn · Cartwright v. Canode · Fitz-Gerald v. Hull · White v. White · Ford v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... it is not the making of the affidavit, but the truth of it, that is, the existence in fact of the assumed condition which enables the court to acquire jurisdiction over the person of the defendant by publication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Malloy v. Blau“Accordingly, we hold that Mason’s affidavit to the effect that the residences of each of the defendants are unknown to each of the plaintiffs constituted extrinsic fraud. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Malloy v. Blau
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.