Motors v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cox v. Smith · J. H. Magill Lumber Co. v. Lane-White Lumber Co. · Harper v. Futrell · Hill v. Fellows
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * It has been decided by this court in numerous cases that, though the recitals as to consideration in a deed cannot be contradicted by parol evidence for the purpose of defeating the conveyance, 3 it is competent to prove by such evidence that the consideration has not been paid as recited or to establish the fact that other considerations not recited in the deed were agreed to be paid, when it does not contradict the terms of the writing. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bryant v. Bryant
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.