Groner v. Cavender’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`* * * notwithstanding a clause in a building contract providing that no claim for extra work shall be made or paid unless the extra work was ordered in writing, an undertaker may prove by parol and will recover for extra work, when it is shown that the owner was aware of the work and made no objections to it, however dangerous such a doctrine might prove to owners, who see the work being done, but have no idea that it is extra, or will be charged for, over and above the contract price.'" ( 133 So. 828 , 829).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 163 So. 2d 112 - Roff v. Southern Construction Corporation

2. “In the cases cited, the testimony did not prove that the owner knew anything about the extra work. It follows that he had not assented to it. Here the work was done. The owner was frequently about the building, and saw the improvements as they were made. It is not shown that the least objection was ever made, nor that they have not received full consideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 163 So. 2d 112 - Roff v. Southern Construction Corporation

3. “The contract provided that no change in the plan, and extra work in that connection, would be paid for unless the work was done in accordance with written order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 163 So. 2d 112 - Roff v. Southern Construction Corporation