Collett v. Otis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We again submit that there is no reason in law for forcing litigants to go through two law suits, one in bound ary and the other a petitory action, in order to settle the boundary.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Derouen v. Poirier · Lafont v. Arabie

2. ““ * * *, this court had occasion to consider a petitory action as a defense to which the plaintiff plead the prescription of thirty years under Article 3499 and Article 852 of our LSA-Civil Code. Although the prescription under Article 852 specifically referred to an action in boundary, we recognized that by such prescription one could acquire title to real estate, and held that it could be properly plead as a defense to a petitory action.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nelken v. Aldredge