Berry v. Keith’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. ““But a vital element of this principle is missing, namely, a mutual agreement to take less than the amount of the original claim. Moreover, there veas no testimony that the parties intended the note to be in full settlement of Mrs. Keith’s claim, nor does the note itself indicate that any such agreement existed. * * * “As we noted above in setting out the factual background of the case, there was a conflict in the testimony of the two principal witnesses on almost every material point. Hence, the case resolved itself into a question of which of the parties the trial judge chose to believe.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Berwyn Fuel & Feed Co.