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← 199 MICH 688 - Walsh v. Oakman

Walsh v. Oakman’s Empirical Analysis

1917

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1941
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Wardell v. Williams · Gault v. Stormont · Way v. Root · Ogooshevitz v. Arnold · Mull v. Smith

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

  1. ““Plaintiff further^ claims that the said paper is merely an offer, which he revoked before it was accepted by said Oakman; that a.check was given for the down payment which was not legal tender, and therefore no payment on said land; that said paper does not satisfy the statute of frauds.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““A contract definitely fixing the property, the parties, the price, and the terms of payment complies with the requirements of the statute of frauds.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.