Cryer v. McGuire’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Had this testimony been offered by Edwin Cryer, in a contest between Mm and Elias B. Cryer, or the plaintiff, as his heir, it would have been competent, because the declarations by Elias B. Cryer would have been against his interest. But, when they were offered in favor of Elias B. Cryer, they were declarations not against interest, and therefore were inadmissible. It is not the words spoken alone which determine their admissibility as declarations; but it is the circumstances surrounding the party speaking and the nature of the litigation when the testimony is offered which determine the admissibility of the testimony.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Head v. Head · 15 Wash. 2d 35 - Allen v. Dillard

2. ““One who is upon his land when it is sold under a judicial proceeding, and who remains upon the land afterward, remains there impliedly as the tenant of, and not as hostile to, the purchaser under the proceeding.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Terry v. Henry