Citizens National Bank of Roswell New Mexico v. George a Davisson’s Empirical Analysis
229 U.S. 212 · 1913
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently January 1999 · most notably 215 Cal. App. 2d 667 - Spaziani v. Millar (1963), Republic Pictures Corp. v. Kappler (1945)
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 48 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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 Roehm v. Horst · Reynolds v. Stockton · Swain v. Seamens · Emerson v. Slater · Haws v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The indorsement upon the envelope was a mere memorandum, not containing any clear expression respecting the agreement of the parties, and evidently unintelligible unless read in connection with the contract of sale. Quite as manifestly the deposit had no reason for existence except in aid of that contract, and as a protection to both contracting - parties. “The fact that no officer of the bank read this contract or knew of its terms is of no avail to the bank. By the very circumstances of the deposit it was put upon notice that it was assuming a duty that could not be fully understood or fairly performed without a knowledge of the contents of the contract; * * ¡M>”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““But this memorandum is evidently not a complete expression of the agreement between the parties, and indeed is unintelligible except by reference to the contract of sale. It does not mention the names of the parties or either of them; does not specify what ‘settlement’ is to be made, nor where; does not state by whom ‘deed and abstract’ are to be placed in escrow, nor when, nor for what purpose. Above all, and more important for the present purpose, it does not either state or intimate what is to be done with the check or money if settlement is not made on September 10th, or if abstract is not ‘approved by purchaser’s attorney.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.