Sumner v. Knighton’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Credit Alliance Corp. v. Centenary College · 52 La. Ann. 1517 - Lafourche Transportation Co. v. Pugh · Lawrence J. Kern, Inc. v. Panos · James v. Lewis
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A fundamental principle of law of this state is that the authority of an agent to execute notes or other commercial paper on behalf of his principal must be express and special. Civil Code, Article 2997 [citations omitted]. It has been held, however, that the granting of such authority is implied when the main object of the agency requires the exercising of that power."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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