Alderson v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1908
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently November 1931
9 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 McLeod v. Despain · Cline v. J. A. Burrichter & Co. · Williams v. Toledo Coal Co. · Hughes v. Lansing · Falconio v. Larsen
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To constitute a valid assignment, when in writing, it must be delivered to the assignee. A mere indorsement on the instrument assigned is insufficient (4 Cyc. 41), and the transmission and time of delivery may be shown by parol. * * Explanatory testimony was adduced at the trial, showing that, while the signing of the lien notices, and assignments indorsed thereon, by the respective parties were simultaneous, it was understood and agreed that the liens should not be delivered to the plaintiff until after they were placed of record, and that they were not in fact delivered to him until recorded. This being the status of the transfer of the liens, the assignment became effective as of the date of the delivery, prior to which the liens had attached, and were accordingly assignable, and, having been regularly assigned, were subject to a foreclosure by plaintiff as assignee thereof.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The lumber upon which the liens are sought is in fact segregated, and the claims for labor, as allowed by the Circuit Court, each clearly specify the character of the labor and contract price therefor, and come within the provisions of the statute covering the character of labor designated therein. The lienable lumber is at the -mill, and the part not subject to liens is at the railroad track, about one mile distant; and the reference to the latter in the lien notices is mere surplusage, as much so as if it had referred to cattle or horses belonging to the Lee Bros. Co., ranging in the vicinity.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.