228 Mo. App. 1002 - Long v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general rule is that representations as to the value of property do not ordinarily constitute fraud, but are regarded as mere expressions of opinion. [Citing cases.] That rule, however, does not apply when the parties are not upon an equal footing. Generally speaking, if property lies at a distance, or from its character, situation, and surroundings one party is unable to judge of its value, and the other party is well acquainted with the property and its value or pretends to be, the party to whom representations as to value are made by the other party in a position to know may rely upon such representations of value. * * *»”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Story v. Nelson