Thorp v. Rutherford’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1948
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Loud v. Pomona Land & Water Co. · Hogan v. Kyle · Rindge v. . Baker · Mitchell v. Hughes · Potter Realty Co. v. Derby
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The consensus of opinion would seem to be that where the covenant to pay and the covenant to convey are independent then an action at law may be instituted for the purchase money, but where the covenants are dependent, or to be concurrently performed, then the weight of authority seems to be that no action at law will lie for the purchase money; that the vendor’s remedy is by suit for specific performance, that is if he wishes to recover the purchase money.” Ibid, p. 166.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reid v. Kier
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.