Bonner v. Hearne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 40 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The statute provides for a mortgage on land to be foreclosed in the county where the land is situated. It does not follow, from that, that a judgment of foreclosure would be void, if it was foreclosed in another county; the district court having general jurisdiction of the subject-matter—the debt, and the mortgage to secure it. That judgment, being rendered in Harris county, was binding, and, not being appealed from or set aside, was conclusive, as between the parties to it, to the full extent of what was decreed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brophy v. Kelly

2. ““If the property sought to be placed in the hands of - a receiver is a corporation whose property lies within this state, or partly within this state, then the action to have a receiver appointed shall be brought in this state in the county where the principal office of said corporation is located.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stroud Motor Mfg. Co. v. Gunzer

3. ““In determining this case we have individually road and considered the numerous able arguments of counsel.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stroud Motor Mfg. Co. v. Gunzer