Hickman v. Aldridge’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * Undoubtedly the general rule is that ‘a refusal to permit an owner to take possession of or handle chattels which defendant holds under an invalid contract, or a contract that has been rescinded, constitutes a conversion.’ 38 Cyc. 2023; Uvalde National Bank v. Dockery (Tex.Civ.App.), 83 S.W. 29 . But an exception to such rule seems to be recognized as applicable to a case where the purchaser of personal property, who acquires possession under a contract which is afterwards mutually rescinded, withholds the possession of such property only to enforce a restoration of something given under the contract. Flaccus Glass Co. v. Alvey-Ferguson Co. (Ky.) 102 S.W. 870 ; Kidder Press Co. v. J. V. Reed & Co., 133 Ky. 350 , 117 S.W. 950 , 134 Am.St.Rep. 450 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moseley v. K Copters, Inc.