Seymour v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There was no fraud, duress, or coercion. It was the duty of the sons to make restitution, and was within the law for their father and stepmother to aid them in doing so. Hanson v. Loescher, 221 Mich. 387 . The sons of Charles Powers wanted to make restitution and get released from civil restraint, their father and stepmother were willing to help them; their release could be obtained if plaintiff would indorse notes, and he was willing to do so if secured by mortgage. The sons induced their father and stepmother to execute the necessary mortgage and plaintiff made the requisite indorsements. To the extent that plaintiff was required to respond on account of his indorsements the mortgage was valid.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Payne v. Cavanaugh