Davis v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently August 2002
14 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 Brown v. Hermance · Kleinsorge v. Clark · Koob v. Zoller
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The debt of the real owner to the titleholder need not exist by covenant but may be implied. Here, if Davis requested Wilson to purchase the 200 acres for Davis’ benefit and Wilson did so purchase it, an obligation on the part of Davis to repay Wilson the amount advanced by him with interest would necessarily be implied. This would establish the relation of debtor and creditor as fully as if Wilson had loaned the money direct to Davis and the latter had in turn paid Breece (the vendor) the purchase price. (Citations)””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Collins v. Isaacson““As to defendants Rudolph and Dalton, the decree is affirmed. As to defendant Wilson the decree is reversed and the cause is remanded for a decree in harmony with this opinion.— Affirmed as to defendants Rudolph and Dalton; reversed and remanded as to defendant Wilson.” Rehearing was denied April 5, 1946.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis v. Wilson
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.