56 Tex. Civ. App. 187 - Meisner v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the absence of such a provision in the deed of trust, it would have been necessary for the party asserting title under the instrument to have shown that the notices were posted.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Allbright · Roe v. Davis

2. “The services here required were not altogether ministerial, but involved some element of discretion. There might not have been any doubt as to where was located the courthouse door, and the posting at that place could be readily performed; but, as to the other public places in the county, they were not specifically pointed out, and, while it is true such places could be readily ascertained, it was not contemplated that the selection and determination of such places for posting should be left to the judgment of some one else other than the trustee. All those things that were essential and that were required to be done prior to sale, and the sale itself, and the execution of the conveyance thereunder, were personal duties imposed upon the trustee, and he had no power, so far as shown by the terms of the instrument in question, to delegate his authority to some one else.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roe v. Davis