Hagerman v. Cowles’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. ““It is sometimes a question of law for the court whether a contract has been performed in a reasonable time, as when it depends upon the construction of a written contract only, or upon undisputed extrinsic facts; but when it depends upon disputed facts extrinsic to the contract it is for the jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edward H. Snow Development Company v. Oxsheer

2. ““ * * * it seems to be well settled that, where a contract is silent as to time, the law implies that it is to be performed within a reasonable time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edward H. Snow Development Company v. Oxsheer