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← 112 W. Va. 280 - Morrison v. Harmon

112 W. Va. 280 - Morrison v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis

1932

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
November 1938
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth Nat. Bank of Dallas, Tex. v. Baughman · Taylor v. Johnson ex rel. A. W. & W. P. Carmichael · Philip Carey Manufacturing Co. v. Watson · Nicholson v. Combs · Bank of Moberly v. Meals

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.

  1. ““The most effective means of preserving the integrity of such agreements is the rule that a material alteration destroys the agreement, so that no recovery can be had upon it, either in its original or its altered condition.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““Where a negotiable instrument is materially altered without the assent of all parties liable thereon, it is avoided, except # * *””
    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.