Berlein v. Eddy’s Empirical Analysis
1925
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
February 1969
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hurst v. Bell & Co. · Ehrman v. Oats · Googins v. Gilmore · Randall v. Higbee · Welch v. Whittemore
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.
“"No chattel mortgage shall be valid or effectual against creditors or subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration and without notice unless it be recorded, or unless the property included in it be delivered to the mortgagee and continue to remain truly and bona fide in his possession;”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.