Snyder v. Betsch’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Keystone Copper Mining Co. v. Miller (1945), Young v. Bishop (1960)
23 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 Steward v. Sirrine · Nevada Land Inv. Corp. v. Sistrunk · Weed v. Crane · Burnett v. Caldwell · Haile v. Smith
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The legal principles which must govern the determination of the case are all well settled. If the contract in such cases be silent as to possession by the vendee, he is not entitled to it (citing cases). If the contract stipulates for possession by the vendee, or the vendor puts him in possession, he holds as a licensee. The relation of landlord and tenant does not subsist between the parties. The characteristic feature of that relation is wanting. The vendee pays nothing for the enjoyment of the property. The case comes within the category of a license (citing cases). In such cases the vendee cannot dispute the title of the vendor any more than the lessee can question the title of his lessor (citing eases). The assignee of the vendee is as much bound by the estoppel as the vend-ee himself (citing cases). Upon default in payment of any installment of the purchase money, the possession becomes tortious, and the vendor may at once bring ejectment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Fix““This is a possessory action and may be maintained by any person having a valid subsisting interest in real property, and a right to its immediate possession. Section 27-1501. It is true that Section 27-1503 provides what the complaint in this kind of action shall contain, but that being procedural is superseded by the Buies of Civil Procedure. Section 21-408 provides: ‘ (1) Each averment of a pleading shall be simple, concise, and direct. No technical forms of pleading or motions are required. . . .’ “We believe the complaint meets the requirements of the statutes and the Rules of Civil Procedure. . . .” (Italics ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Snyder v. Betsch““It may be that under the Rules of Civil Procedure if defendants had counterclaimed, as provided in Section 21-437, they would have been in a position to secure in this action an adjudication of their rights. [Citing case.] We merely suggest this without expressing any opinion since it is not involved. Nor do we think we could treat the answer as a counterclaim since it is very evident that it was not intended as such by the pleader.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Snyder v. Betsch
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.