Wertz v. Lamb’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently March 2001
18 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Kezartee v. Marks & Co. · McGlauflin v. Wormser · Robinson v. Helena Light & Ry. Co. · State ex rel. La France Copper Co. v. District Court · Capital Lumber Co. v. Barth
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The procedure for the foreclosure of a claim secured by a [construction] lien, under our Code is sui genens; it is neither strictly at law nor in equity, but it is a blending of both, (citation omitted.) In so far as the entry of a personal judgment upon the failure of the lien is authorized, the procedure is at law; while the foreclosure of the lien is governed by the rules of equity. Much confusion would be avoided in actions of this character if the question of indebtedness was first tried as an ordinary action at law, and, if anything is found to be due to the lien claimant, then proceed as in equity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Harpole
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.