Wainwright v. Gilham’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1964
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Queensborough Land Co. v. Cazeaux · Loranger v. Citizens' Nat. Bank · Succession of Rhodes · Associated Motors, Inc. v. Burk · Morris v. Monroe Sand & Gravel Co.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * If there is a real and genuine consideration for the contract, it may be proved by any sort of evidence, even though such proof establishes a consideration materially different to that expressed in the written instrument.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Terrell v. Wright
How this case has been treated — in progress
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