Buchan v. Buchan’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
2
states following
August 1995
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Garza v. Alviar · Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc. · Cartwright v. Canode · Hedtke v. Hedtke · Carle v. Carle
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The law classifies this remedy as one founded in equity, and the rights of the respective parties are to be determined by principles of equity, both as to the amount and the means of enforcing its payment. The application of these principles does not mean that a party is divested of title to real property. True, it may finally result in the loss of title if sold under execution, but the ultimate divestiture by foreclosure is essentially voluntary, since the owner has the option to prevent this by complying with the court’s order to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.