St. John v. Richard’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1941
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thompson v. Howard · McLaughlin v. Austin · Stewart v. McLaughlin's Estate · Krueger v. Campbell · Richard v. St. John
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 is well settled in this State that before one may sue on a land contract to recover the balance of the unpaid purchase price, he must tender a deed of the premises contracted to be sold. Stewart v. McLaughlin’s Estate, 126 Mich. 1 ; Carter v. Reaume, 159 Mich. 160 ; In re Urban’s Estate, 271 Mich. 16 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Geel v. Valiquett
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.