Dowling v. Vallett’s Empirical Analysis
1918
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 1978
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Phillips's Estate · Crouse v. Murphy · Appeal of Miller · Thomas's Appeal · Tomb's Appeal
Most-quoted passages
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““The last of three or more liens in the order of their succession being superior to the first but inferior to the second gains no practical advantage from its superiority, because it could not be preferred to the first without being preferred also to the second, to which it is subsequent. . . . ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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