Rowe v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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

1. ““I do not think there can be any question that the understanding between plaintiffs and their grantor, Alexander, was that he was to defend the land covered by their purchase against that claim as under his covenant o£ warranty he was hound to do so. It was in pursuance to this understanding that their grantor, Alexander, when the defendant brought her suit in the Wayne circuit court on January 11, 1901, the day before the deed was put to record, asserting her claims against him and J. W. Rowe, took charge of the defense of the suit and controlled and managed it and -bore its expense until its determination. Nor have 1 any doubt of the fact that plaintiffs knew of the pendency of this suit, and that their grantor was defending it, and that they were relying on Ms defending it pursuant to Ms understanding with them and in accordance with his covenant of warranty. They so knew and relied, through their attorney, who was on the ground and had full authority to look after the land, if not otherwise. In so doing, therefore, their grantor, Alexander, was acting on their behalf as well as of himself, and they are bound and concluded by the judgment therein. It is not open to them-, now that that litigation has resulted in favor of defendant, to come into court and seek to reopen it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rowe v. Kidd