Waller v. Lieberman’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 1986 · most notably Texaco, Inc. v. Creel (1984), Sims v. Nidiffer (1962)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Converse v. Blumrich · Smith v. Lawrence · Stewart v. McLaughlin's Estate · Hodges v. Buell · McEwan v. Ortman
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether time is or is not of the essence of the contract, if the vendor has waived a strict compliance with its terms as regards time of payment, he cannot thereafter rescind or forfeit the contract, without notifying the purchaser of his intention to do so unless payment is made, and allowing him a reasonable time for performance, and it has been held immaterial whether the extension of time was upon a valuable consideration or not. After forfeiture for default has been waived, time becomes essential thereafter only where the vendor makes it so by proper notice and demand. The decisions proceed upon the theory that the vendor ‘cannot use his own indulgence as a trap in which to catch the purchaser.’ ” 39 Cyc. p. 1384.”
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.