Wates v. Carnes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 5 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. ““Under the Jones-Munger Act, the proceeding preliminary to and the sale of property by the collector for delinquent taxes is administrative in character; such preliminary proceedings and sale are non-judicial and ex parte in their nature. No court guides the collector or his proceedings, and he proceeds upon his own advice. In making his land delinquent list, in his notice and advertisement of sale, in his conduct of the sale, and in his preparation and execution of his certificate of purchase and his deed the Collector must strictly follow and observe the admonition of the statutes in this summa ry process of taking away from the citizen the title to the latter’s land. In this case, the Collector did not observe the statutes. And in such cases equity will afford relief.” Supra at 596.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nole v. Wenneker

2. ““Service of process by publication is in derogation of common law, is a creature of statute, is harsh at best and highly technical; hence must be strictly pursued.” 135 S.W. at 61 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nole v. Wenneker