Hoffman v. Pack, Woods & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
January 1936
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maxwell v. Paine · Bradley v. Silsbee
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is no uncommon thing to call witnesses to prove the aggregate of certain items in books, or to relieve the court from tedious examinations to ascertain whether items are entered therein.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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