Stoll v. Padley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We think none of the alleged errors went to the jurisdiction of the justice. It may prove of little avail to repeat what the court has so frequently said, — that the more appropriate remedy in such cases as the present is by appeal. [Citing cases.] Undoubtedly, the party has a right to resort to certiorari, but if he does he must do so at the risk of failing to ‘hit the bird in the eye’ and at the risk of losing a trial on the merits in case of such failure. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Foster v. Watson

2. ““ The statute does not require any such recitation. See Allen v. Mills, 26 Mich. 128 . If the facts had not been such as to justify the use of a short summons, the defendants, on making the fact to appear, would have entitled themselves to an order dismissing the cause.” Stoll v. Padley, 98 Mich. 13 ( 56 N. W. 1042 ). Approved in Grand Rapids Nat. Bank v. Kritzer, 116 Mich. 689 , 690 ( 75 N. W. 90 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hawkins v. Castenholz

3. ““ Undoubtedly, the party has a right to resort to certiorari, but if he does he must do so at the risk of failing to hit the bird in the eye, ’ and at the risk of losing a trial on the merits in case of such failure.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Foster v. Watson