Pridgen v. Warn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 29 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It may be doubted whether, but for the fact that a post office and a railroad station were established there, the place known as Thomaston was of sufficient importance to have received a name. The evidence shows that it was not incorporated. That the population and business were inconsiderable is evinced by the fact that Pridgen was enabled to cultivate his farm in part in person at the time that he performed the duties of postmaster and of agent of the railroad station.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Buie

2. ““The land found subject to Wam’s mortgage will first be sold for the payment of his debt, and, should any balance of his debt remain, then the 100 acres found subject to the vendor’s lien shall be sold for the payment of such balance; but the amount to be applied from the proceeds of such sale shall in no case exceed the amount of the second note paid of£ by him as determined in the judgment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ivory v. Kennedy

3. ““If the appellants [the Pridgens] were not restricted to the claim of a town homestead, then they are entitled to an exemption of 200 acres, provided the land is used by them in connection with the family residence for the support, comfort, and convenience of the family,””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Buie