Gabriel v. Corkum’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is stated in Boisot on Mechanics’ Liens, § 82, p. 88, as follows: ‘The owner’s refusal to pay an installment of the contract price when due is such a violation of the contract on his part as will justify the contractor in refusing to go on with the contract.’ We find in 40 C. J., Mechanics’ Liens, § 152, p. 138, the following: ‘It is generally held that the owner’s refusal to pay an installment due under the contract is a justification of the contractor’s refusal to complete his contract, and entitles him to enforce a lien for what has been done * * [Citing cases.] ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cottrell v. Weinheimer