Beatty v. Goodrich’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
July 1946
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Mathis · Cain v. Masurette · Garrisi v. Kass · Webert v. Roberts
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The business of a real estate broker is, in general, to find a purchaser and, in the absence of express stipulation otherwise, the generally recognized rule is that he has earned his commission when he finds ánd produces a party who is ready, able and willing to take, the property and enter into a valid contract therefor upon the terms made by the principal.” Beatty v. Goodrich, 224 Mich. 538 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schmidt v. Maples
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.