92 Cal. App. 2d 267 - Merrick v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
59 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently August 2008 · most notably 136 Cal. App. 2d 567 - White v. Jones (1955), Krueger v. Bank of America (1983)
59 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on Estate of Butler · Montaldo v. Hires Bottling Co. · Department of Mental Hygiene v. Dunham · 81 Cal. App. 2d 564 - Estate of Reilly · Department of Mental Hygiene v. Dunham
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that the [heir hunter's] agreement may be to employ counsel and not to act himself as a lawyer does not take the case out of the [ Butler ] rule.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“‘1 There has been slight indication that Buie 52, as amended, will affect the scope of review on a judgment roll or clerk’s transcript appeal. Traditionally the only issues subject to review on such appeals are whether the complaint states a cause of action, whether the findings are within the issues, and whether the judgment is supported by the findings, all of which may be determined from the face of the record without reference to oral proceedings or exhibits. The oral proceedings may not be referred to by the appellant, no issue may be made as to the sufficiency of the evidence, and it is presumed to be sufficient to support all findings. Likewise it is presumed that the oral proceedings were regular, and that no error not appearing on the face of the record occurred. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the burden is upon the heir hunter [or other assignee] to prove their real value.'”
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.