Galloway v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The contract conclusively evidences a definite beginning, continuance, and ending of the thing to be done. And the concurring facts become conclusive as to the effect of the contract, that Tillery could not terminate his personal service whenever he chose without a breach of the contract, and that Galloway did not have the unrestricted right ■ to end the particular service whenever he chose to do so, without regard to the final result of the work. The result of the work was the essential thing to be done, which was the delivery to the Steger Grain Company of the entire bulk of ‘100 tons of hay.’ Such contract, as we conclude, constituted the relation of contractor and contractee, independent of subserviency, and not merely that of master and servant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. T. J. Mansfield Const. Co. v. Gorsline

2. “‘The evidence in the case being wholly undisputed as to the contract itself, whether Tillery was an independent contractor presented a question for the court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. King v. Galloway