Hardy v. Candelain’s Empirical Analysis

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18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellee could not sue for specific performance, since the oral contract was unenforceable under the statute of frauds, but his remedy was recovery of the money he paid on the consideration for the broken contract. Carter v. Witherspoon, 156 Miss. 597 , 126 So. 388 ; Ellis v. Berry et al., 145 Miss. 652 , 110 So. 211 ; Singletary v. Ginn, 153 Miss. 700 , 121 So. 820 . “This Court has passed specifically upon the point upon which this issue turns, saying: ‘It is a familiar principle of law that, where payments are made by a purchaser under a parol contract for the sale of land, and the vendor refuses to complete the transaction by the execution of the necessary deed, the purchaser may recover the amount or amounts paid as for money had and received . . . ’ Milam v. Paxton, et al., 160 Miss. 562 , 134 So. 171, 172 . This is the kind of case, according to the original bill, which is before us, since the demurrer admits the facts therein set forth. The charge of fraud, it will be seen, is therefore immaterial and surplusage.” 204 Miss. at 332 , 37 So.2d at 361 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bryan v. Bryan · 666 So. 2d 739 - Dew v. Langford

2. “all the controlling principles of the case”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 469 So. 2d 55 - Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. v. Holland