Jordan v. Imthurn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It was an irregularity to have taken a bond for an amount less than the appraised value of the property, but, in our opinion, not sufficient, under the circumstances, to have rendered the proceedings void. The giving of the bond by the surviving husband and its approval by the clerk, was in the nature of a judicial proceeding, which should not be held void on a collateral attack. It seems to have been given and accepted in good faith; to have been acted upon and acquiesced in by all parties interested; and no direct proceedings taken to avoid it and have a new or additional one given.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Townsend v. P. J. Willis & Bro. · Tucker v. Imperial Oil & Development Co.

2. ““It is shown by the statement of facts that the debt sought to have been secured by the trust deed originated in a commercial transaction entered into by the surviving husband, Charles H. Jordan, after the death of the first wife, Caroline E. Jordan, and who was the mother of the two minor defendants, Charles and Erederika Jordan, and with which transaction the community estate was in no way concerned.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. Coleman

3. ““The power of general disposition over the community, given by statute, would contain the lesser power to incumber it; and we do not think that- there was error in so much of the judgment below as held the deed of trust valid to the extent to incumber the community property as such.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. Coleman