Perkins v. Good’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant against incumbrances in a grant of an estate in real' property, is deemed to be the amount which has been actually expended by the covenantee in extinguishment of either the principal or interest thereof; not exceeding in the former case a proportion of the price paid to the grantor, equivalent to the relative value, at the time of the grant, of the property affected by the breach, as compared with the whole; or, in the latter case, interest on a like amount.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Welch v. United States · Shires v. Reynolds

2. ““It will be observed that the provisions of the above section are effective only when the covenantee has actually expended money in the ex-tinguishment of the incumbrance for whose breach damage is sought. The statutory rule is in accord with the overwhelming weight of authority.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shires v. Reynolds