Echols v. Reeburgh’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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

1. ““In the present ease plaintiff, as against appellants, sought foreclosure only, and not a personal judgment. The provisions of section 5128 of the Revised Laws of 1910, as amended by chapter 175 of the Session Laws of 1915, for personal judgments in actions to foreclose mortgages, are for the benefit of the lien creditor, and may be waived by him. This is the evident intention of the language used, and any other construction' of that section would produce such a destructive effect upon the rights of lienors, in a great many cases, as could hardly have been intended by the legislative power. In a number of cases this court has held that suits in foreclosure may be maintained without seeking a personal judgment. Tracey v. Crepin, 40 Okla. 297 , 138 Pac. 142 ; Crocker v. Stollard, 34 Okla. 612 , 120 Pac. 781 ; McClung v. Cullison, 15 Okla. 402 , 82 Pac. 499 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. First National Bank of Tulsa v. Colonial Trust Co.