Randall v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When it appeared from the record of the proceedings of the board that the controversy was ended, the unsuccessful party was entitled to withdraw his deposit. If the consent of the board was necessary before he could withdraw the money, the plaintiff in this case obtained it. His petition to that effect was granted, and the clerk was directed to return his papers, including the tax collector’s receipts. “This was a sufficient authority to the defendant to refund the money, and would have protected him from further responsibility. “.The rule that voluntary payments cannot be recovered back has no application to the case, nor is there any force in the argument that the action should have been brought against the city and county instead of the tax collector.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lawrence v. Doolan