Hancock v. Stacy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

76 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In Pryor v. Jolly, 91 Tex. 86 [ 40 S. W. 959 ], cited by the plaintiff in error, this court held that, by the terms of the contract between the parties, Jolly had undertaken to furnish a purchaser who would take the cattle and pay cash for them. The facts showed that the proposed purchaser was not able to pay cash for the cattle, and, after considerable effort to secure the money, failed. The agent having failed to furnish a purchaser in accordance with the terms of the contract, and his efforts having come to naught without any fault on the part of Pryor, this court held that the fact that Pryor subsequently sold to the same party for the same price, partly on time and part for cash, did not render him liable to the agent. The agency of Jolly terminated when his efforts failed, after he had been afforded reasonable time and had himself abandoned the effort to comply therewith.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parkey v. Lawrence · Harper v. Davis