Dickson v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But there are other considerations which preclude Paiterson from insisting that Dickson made his election of remedies, and must abide by that election. During the correspondence that took place between the parties in 1886, Dickson, so far as the record shows, was not aware that the sale and conveyance lo Boehme was merely fictitious, and in execution of Patterson’s scheme to defraud him. Patterson assured him that the sale was a real one, and there is no proof to show that Dickson at the time knew or believed anything to the contrary. If it was a real sale, Dickson, having joined in the -deed to Boehme, could not go behind it, unless he could show that the latter did not purchase in good faith. But, from what Patterson wrote to him, he had no reason to doubt the validity of the sale to Boehme. Besides, Patterson induced Boehme to inform Dickson by letter that the amount paid was only $6,000, and (hat it was changed in the deed to $10,000 at his (Boehme’s) request, and that Patterson was an honest man, with a good reputation. All this was well calculated to make the impression upon Dickson that the only relief he could have, against Patterson was to obtain an accounting, and a, decree or judgment for such additional sum as was justly due him.” (The italics are ours.) Dickson v. Patterson, 160 U. S. 584 , 591, 16 Sup. Ct. 376 , 40 L. Ed. 548 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richardson v. Olivier · In re J. F. Growe Const. Co.