Cook v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The only question is, whether there was error in the proposition that the statute did not commence to run against the claim, until there was demand for the restoration of the money, and it appears very clear, upon the authorities, that this was erroneous; that an account or note payable on demand is payable immediately; that there need be no special demand, and that the statute of limitations commences to run from the date of the note or account (citing cases). A receipt for a sum of money for which the person receiving it undertook to return it with interest ‘when called on’ so to do created a cause of action from its date, and against it the statute runs from that time” (citing Berry v. Griffith, 1 Har. & G. 440).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sam v. Ludtke

2. ““The agreement in this case, as it appears from the evidence; was that the money should be paid the plaintiff when he demanded it. In other words, it was a loan of money payable on request, and the debt which constitutes the cause of action arose instantly on the loan;' consequently the statute commenced to run immediately, and the demand, as alleged, and even, as proven, was clearly excluded by the bar of the statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sam v. Ludtke