Sharp v. McColm’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The papers and entries in a judicial -proceeding, from the summons or initiative paper to the final judgment or decree of confirmation, being one single instrument, in a collateral attack on account of a misdescription of land the same rules are applied as in the construction of grants, and if there are certain things which identify the corpus or thing intended to be affected or sold the addition of a false or mistaken description will not vitiate it.” (Van Fleet on-Collateral Attack, § 774.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rogers v. Rogers

2. “' “When the affidavit in question disclosed that the action was one to .foreclose a real-estate mortgage, and to sell land under such mortgage, a.sufficient basis for publication was established. A specific description of the land affected was not. indispensable, and the misdescription may be rejected as surplusage. But if the misdescription-be regarded the necessary jurisdictional facts still appeal".”. (p.775.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harvey v. Harvey

3. ““Notice is all that is required to confer jurisdiction. To obtain complete and definite information the parties served must follow up the suggestions contained in the notice by due investigation and inquiry.” (Sharp v. McColm, 79 Kan. 772, 776 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Doyle v. Hays Land & Investment Co.