Johnson v. Sekor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is plain under these facts, which are undisputed, that the appellant has no interest in the property. The title never was conveyed to Cory. He did not have possession. He had a contract for purchase merely. This contract provided that time was of the essence of it and, if payments were not made as agreed, it might be forfeited without notice. It was forfeited after notice for failure to perform by Cory. At the time of its forfeiture, Cory was notified and declined to finish the payments. The interest of the judgment creditor was no greater than that of the judgment debtor. No levy was made upon the lots or of Cory’s interest therein while the contract was alive and capable of being enforced. Appellant waited until after the contract was forfeited and Cory’s interest gone before he attempted to levy upon the property. After forfeiture, Cory himself could not restore his interest without the consent of the other party to the contract, and it follows, of course, that one holding under Cory could not do so.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ashford v. Reese