Craig v. Leslie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 7 district · 98 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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the first place I give, devise and bequeath unto John Leslie” and four others, “all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seized or possessed, in any part of America, in special trust, that the aforementioned persons, or such of them as may be living at my death, will sell my personal estate to the highest bidder, on two years credit, and my real estate on one, two and three years credit, provided satisfactory security be given, by bond and deed of trust. In the second place I give and bequeath to my brother, Thos. Craig, of Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland, all the proceeds of my estate, both real and personal, which I have herein directed, to be sold, to be remitted to him accordingly, as the payments are made, and I hereby declare the aforesaid John Leslie,” and four others, “to be my trustees and executors for the purposes aforementioned.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. v. Miller

2. “The principle upon which the whole of this doctrine is founded is that a court of equity, regarding the substance and not the more forms and circumstances of agreements and other instruments, considered tilings directed or agreed to be done as having been actually performed, where nothing has in-tertened which onglit to prevent a performance. This qualification of the more concise and general rule, that equity considers that to be done which is agreed to be done, will comprehend the cases which come under this head of equity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. v. Miller

3. ““Now, what is the'situation of an alien? Ileean not only take an interest in land, but a freehold interest in the land itself, and may hold it against all the world but the king, and even against him, until office found, and he is not accountable for the rents and profits previously received.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Billings v. Aspen Mining & Smelting Co.