St. Joseph Township v. Rogers’s Empirical Analysis
83 U.S. 644 · 1872
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1986 · most notably Louisville Ry Co v. Louisville Trust Co Same (1899), County of Dixon v. Field (1884)
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 35 state decisions — followed in 19 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Power to issue bonds to aid in the construction of a railroad is frequently conferred upon a municipality in a special manner, or subject to certain regulations, conditions, or qualifications; but if it appears by their recitals that the bonds were issued in conformity with these regulations, and pursuant to those conditions and qualifications, proof that any or all of these recitals were incorrect will not constitute a defence for the corporation in a suit on the bonds or coupons, if it appears that it was the sole province of the municipal officers who executed the bonds to decide whether or not there had been an antecedent compliance with the regulation, condition, or qualification, which it is alleged was not fulfilled. "”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sec. 19. JBe it, further enacted, That upon application by the president or other authorized agent of said corporation to the constituted authorities of any county, city or incorporated town in the State of Mississippi, or adjacent to the main line and branch railroad of this corporation, for a subscription to a specified amount of the capital stock of said corporation, said,'constituted authorities are hereby required, without delay, to submit the question of ‘ subscription ’ or ‘ no subscription ’ to the decision of the qualified voters of said county, city or incorporated town, at a special or regular election to be held therein, and if two-thirds of said qualified voters be in favor of said subscription, the constituted authorities of said counties, cities or incorporated towns are hereby required, without delay, and are authorized and required to subscribe to the capital stock of said corporation to the amount agreed upon ; and bonds of the county, city or incorporated town making the subscription, having .such, time to run and such rates of interest as may be agreed upon, shall be issued, without delay, by the authorities of the counties, cities, or incorporated towns, to the president and directors of said corporation, to the amount of said subscription to the capital stock.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is insisted by the plaintiff that the legislature, in adopting the phrase, ‘a majority of the legal voters of the township,’ intended to require only a majority of the legal voters of the township voting at an election notified and held to ascertain whether the proposition to subscribe for the stock of the company- should be accepted or rejected; and the court is of the opinion that such is the true meaning of the enactment, as' the question would necessarily be ascertained by a count of the ballot.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.