Haviland v. Chase’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““ The only apparent exception to this rule is created by statute (section 22836 8, 3 How. Stat.), which provides for the recovery of actual and exemplary damages. In my own view, the recovery under the statute ought not to include smart money, but should be limited to such increased compensation for injury to feelings as could fairly be said to follow from wanton or wilful invasion of rights (see Ford v. Cheever, 105 Mich. 679 [ 63 N. W. 975 ]), but the statute has not always had this construction. The present case does not, however, arise under the statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hink v. Sherman