Phillips v. Box’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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. “Fryer had the receipts issued in his own name and excluded the landlord without the latter's knowledge and consent. Under the facts of this record, Fryer was not clothed by the landlord with indicia of ownership therefore no recognized principle of estoppel can be applied here. Tennessee Joint Stock Land Bank v. Bank of Greenwood, 179 Miss. 534, 535 , 172 So. 323, 328 (1937).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 1024 - Planters Bank & Trust Co. v. Sklar

2. “never saw the cotton nor knew of its whereabouts nor when or whether it had been sold. He placed nothing in his tenant's hands but his confidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 1024 - Planters Bank & Trust Co. v. Sklar

3. “that the tenant might deal with the cotton as if free of any lien.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 1024 - Planters Bank & Trust Co. v. Sklar