Cook v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. ““This would probably be true in an action for damages based on fraud and deceit, but where the vendee merely seeks to rescind the sale and recover back or prevent his having to pay the purchase price, it is enough that the representations be false, however innocently made or ignorant of the facts the party making such representations may be, where the other party has been induced thereby to make the purchase and part with his money.” [Citing authorities.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ellenburg v. Edward K. Love Realty Co.