Beard v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1882
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
May 1919
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chaney's Heirs v. Chaney's Adm'r · Williamson v. Mason
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The proceeds of the sale, after satisfying the mortgage debt, may be said, in general, to stand in the place of the equity of redemption to those who had title or right in that. * *' * ””
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.