Glass v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Mid-State Homes, Inc. v. Johnson (1975), Nelson Realty Co. v. Darling Shop of Birmingham, Inc. (1957)
39 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 Van Antwerp v. Van Antwerp · Ruffin v. Crowell · McGowin v. McGowin · Tollett v. Montgomery Real Estate Ins. Co. · Eatman v. Nuckols
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * It is a fundamental principle long recognized by this court that one who has been defrauded may either rescind the transaction or may affirm and sue at law for deceit. He may not do both. Tollett’s case, supra; 17 C.J.S., Contracts, § 167, p. 523. Of course, in equity he will be made whole, but that relief must be consistent with the principle of rescission. [Citation omitted.]” 257 Ala. 141, 144 , 57 So.2d 505 , 507.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.