Jones v. Franklin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The holding of this court is succinctly stated by Judge Harrison, in Slaughter v. Smither, 97 Va. 202 , 33 S. E. 544 , as follows: “ ‘The general principle that evidence of a contemporaneous parol agreement is not admissible to vary or contradict the terms of a valid written instrument, except in cases of fraud or mistake, is so familiar and well established that citation of authority in its support would seem to be superfluous. It is a principle founded on wisdom, and cannot be too carefully guarded. Upon its enforcement the certainty and sanctity of written contracts depend, and its violation would be destructive of the most solemn transactions of life.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wood v. Southern Shale Brick Corp.

2. “because it clearly showed that the Conditional Sales Agreement was neither the written memorial of the contract of sale nor was it intended to be.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp. v. Wertz

3. “Therefore, the evidence on that ground is clearly inadmissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp. v. Wertz