Chaney v. Chaney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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. ““It did not take away any rights possessed by the parties having judgments rendered against them, but gave additional rights to parties having judgments rendered against them upon service by publication. In the absence of this provision, a judgment rendered upon service by publication could not be set aside for any different reason than could other judgments. This section is not the whole law upon the subject of setting aside divorce decrees, simply because such decrees are excluded from its operation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jarrard v. Jarrard

2. “It will be noticed that this section relates only to judgments and decrees rendered upon service by publication, its purpose evidently being to give to parties having judgments and decrees rendered against them upon such service, other than in divorce cases, an opportunity to appear and defend at any time within one year thereafter, when they can show any sufficient cause within the discretion of the court rendering such judgment or decree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 71 Wash. App. 69 - Caouette v. Martinez