Weeks v. . O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis
1894
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently October 1938 · most notably Floyd v. Pugh (1917), 3 E.H. Smith 439 - Ringle v. . Wallis Iron Works (1896)
4 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. . Fleury
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““By the true construction of the building contract, the procuring by the plaintiff of the certificate of the architect that the building had been completed was a condition precedent to his right to recover under the' contract the last installment of $6,158, for which this action is brought. To meet this condition, and to show a right of action, it should have been averred in the complaint, either generally or specially, that the condition precedent had been performed, or, if the plaintiff relie'di upon a matter excusing him from procuring the certificate, the facts should have been stated.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fox v. Cowperthwait
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.