Larry v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that the time of payment, being provided for the benefit of the party granting the option, might be waived by him. [Citing cases.] Yet, in the present case, it cannot be ■said that the time of payment, as a condition precedent to the exercise of the option, was waived by ‘any act clearly evincing .an intention to treat the contract as a valid subsisting contract of purchase,’ for the reason that, because of the dual nature of the contract in question, the rent was payable at any rate, without regard to the option, and the receiving of payment of the rent could not evidence an intention to continue the option, or waive the condition necessary to its exercise.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hafemann v. Korinek

2. ““Whatever may be the rule in other jurisdictions, it is the law of this state that, where a debtor owes several distinct debts to one creditor and makes a payment without .directing how it shall be applied, the creditor may apply the payment to either debt, as he may choose.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Monroe Stock & Exchange Co. v. Thames