Carney v. Bigham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This section makes it clear that the person to whom the property is assessed is the only person other than the true owner against whom a valid foreclosure proceeding may be had in the courts, and that the insertion by the treasurer of the name of a person different from that appearing on the assessment rolls as the owner does not authorize the holder of the certificate to foreclose the lien by making such person a party defendant unless he be the true owner. On the contrary, the holder must at his peril foreclose against the person named on the treasurer’s rolls as the owner of the property, or he must foreclose against the true owner.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Bateman · Title and Trust Co. v. Columbia Basin Land Co.

2. ““The names of the person or persons appearing on the treasurer’s rolls as the owner or owners of said property for the purpose of this chapter shall be considered and treated as the owner or owners of said property, . . .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Bateman · Title and Trust Co. v. Columbia Basin Land Co.

3. ““Nor can the foreclosure proceedings be upheld on the theory that the middle initial is no part of a person’s name, and hence po part of the name inscribed upon the assessment roll or in the certificate of delinquency. At common law it is true a legal name consisted of one given name and one surname or family name, and mistakes in a middle initial or a middle name were not regarded as of consequence. But since the use of initials, instead of a given name, before a surname, has become a common practice, the necessity that these initials be all given and correctly given in court proceedings has become of importance in every case and in many absolutely essential to a correct designation of the person intended.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cashman v. Browning