Wright v. Burlison’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The terms and provisions of the contract are clear and unambiguous. Time was specifically declared to be the essence of it, and upon the failure of appellant to comply with any of its terms the contract is declared to be null and void and all rights of the appellant forfeited under it. The undisputed evidence shows that she failed to pay the last two notes of $500 each falling due, the one October 1, 1929, and the other October 1, 1930, that she paid no taxes since 1930, and thereby we think forfeited her rights under the contract. In Carpenter v. Thornburn, 76 Ark. 578 , 89 S. W. 1047 , this court in quoting from Pomeroy’s Equity Jurisprudence (4th Ed.), Vol. 1, § 455, said: ‘It is well settled that when the.parties have so stipulated as to make the time of payment of the essence of tlie contract, within the view of equity as well as of the law, a court of equity cannot relieve a vendee who has made default.’ See, also, Souter v. Witt, 87 Ark. 593 , 113 S. W. 800 , 128 Am. St. Rep. 40 , 107 A. L. R. 380, and Comer v. Comer, 181 Ark. 339 , 26 S. W. 2d 89 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Terrell v. Gregory