Castle v. Persons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district ·

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

1. ““We see no difference between a verbal order or reguest and a written order or request, there being no law requiring either to be in writing. Neither need the acceptance be in writing. If the defendant in error owed Thomas Persons, and Thomas Persons requested him to pay the debt to Maria Persons, and he, upon such request, promised to pay it to Maria Persons, thereby extinguishing his debt to Thomas Persons, Maria Persons could sue and recover upon the promise, and, if this could be done, then all control over the chose in action would be in Maria Persons. She had complete power to reduce it to possession.” '”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co. v. Road Improvement Dist. No. 3

2. ““If a creditor orally directs his debtor to pay his debt to a third party, and the debtor verbally.agrees with the third party to do so, the latter is substituted for the first party as his creditor, the first party is estopped from collecting the debt, the debtor is released from paying to him, and is legally bound to pay it to the third party. A complete novation and assignment have been effected.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co. v. Road Improvement Dist. No. 3