Becker v. MacDonald’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently February 2006
4 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 130 Ind. App. 133 - KERNS v. Garrigus · Crumrine v. Crumrine · Becker v. MacDonald · Bechert v. Bechert · Baker v. Chambers
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.
“1. The [Property] can not be divided without damage to the owners and the Court hereby orders the sale of the [Property] on terms and conditions prescribed herein as authorized under Ind.Code § 32-17-4-12; 2. The Court shall appoint a licensed real estate broker to serve as commissioner to conduct the sale of the [Property] as authorized under Ind. Code § 32-17-4-14 . This licensed real estate broker may be proposed by agreement of the parties. If no agreement can be reached within ten (10) days, the Court shall appoint a panel of four licensed real estate brokers, from which the parties (Plaintiffs comprising one party) shall strike, leaving one (1) licensed real estate broker to serve as commissioner to list and sell the [Property]. The commissioner shall satisfy the bond requirements set forth in Ind.Code § 32-17-4-14(b) by posting a bond in the amount of $2,500.00; 3. The commissioner shall undertake to provide reasonable public notice of the sale of the [Property] through real estate listings, advertisements and other commercially reasonable means; 4. The [Property] shall be listed at the price of $500,000.00 or its appraised value, whichever is greater, with the property to be sold "as is." Specific terms of the sale are located in Exhibit C to the Stipulation which is filed under seal; The [Property] shall be appraised pursuant to Ind.Code § 32-17-4-12(d), which provides that the Court shall determine the appraised value of the land in the same manner as in cases of sa”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buck v. Grube“(a) If the commissioners report to the court that the whole or part of the land of which partition is demanded can not be divided without damage to the owners, the court may order the whole or any part of the land to be sold at public or private sale on terms and conditions prescribed by the court. (b) If the court orders a sale under this section, the order shall provide for reasonable public notice of the sale. [[Image here]] (d) Land sold under this section may not be sold for less than: (1) if sold at public sale, two-thirds (2/3) of its appraised value; and (2) if sold at private sale, its appraised value. The court shall determine the appraised value of the land in the same manner as in cases of sales of land on execution. * * * * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buck v. Grube“these statutory sections did not limit the court's authority to determine whether the real estate is susceptible of division without damage to real estate and the owners. Specifically, 1.0. 82-4-5-18 [now Ind.Code § 32-17-4-12] does not limit the court's authority under L.C. 32-4-5-4 [now Ind.Code § 32-17-4-4] to make the determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buck v. Grube
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.