Borders v. Kattleman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 15 state decisions

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

1. ““Where the sale is of property at a distance, so that the purchaser has not the means at hand of ascertaining the truthfulness of the vendor’s representations, the vendee may rely upon their truth, and have redress if they are shown to have been materially false. (Smith v. Richards, 13 Pet. 26 ; Maggart v. Freeman, 27 Ind. 531 ; Harris v. McMurray, 23 id. 9; Ladd v. Pigott, 114 Ill. 647 ; Savage v. Stevens, 126 Mass. 207 .) Here, as it appears, appellee did not have the ability to make any proper examination of the land without further time. Appellant, it would seem, was imperious in his demand that the transaction be closed at once, having first induced appellee to believe, as before stated is shown by the evidence, that he was in danger of losing his money unless he took the Crozier note and mortgage.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 284 Ill. App. 112 - Klee v. Chicago Trust Co.