Lyons v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that the cited article refers to wards and their tutors. Conceding for the moment that the father acted for his daughter personally, and not as tutor, the father could not buy property in her name ‘payable one half cash and the balance on time.’ He could not create a debt binding upon her. No one can bind any one but himself. It could not in that way become her property. A father may buy for his child for cash. But even when he buys for cash', if he chooses to sell it before the minor becomes of age, he can do so, and the good intention of the father toward his child is at an end in that particular transaction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 9 La. App. 14 - Wagster v. Nabors Oil Corp.

2. ““Plaintiff has never been the owner of the property, and the purpose of the verbal testimony was to show that fact. Plaintiff’s father had no authority to buy in her name. The property was owned by some one. Who was it? Not the daughter; for the tutor is without authority to buy immovables for his minor child. Succession of Mitchel, 33 La. Ann. 354 ; Civil Code, art. 353.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 9 La. App. 14 - Wagster v. Nabors Oil Corp.