Duncan v. Duncan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““For many years our court has adhered to the rule that a court of equity has the power to compel the specific performance of a parol contract to convey land which contract has been fully performed on the part of the vendee. Twiss v. George, 33 Mich. 253 ; Lamb v. Hinman, 46 Mich. 112 ; Taft v. Taft, 73 Mich. 502 ; Woodworth v. Porter, 224 Mich. 470 ; Salsbury v. Sackrider, 284 Mich. 493 ; Mayes v. Central Trust Co., 284 Mich. 504 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Van Camp v. Van Camp.

2. ““Where plaintiffs fulfilled every obligation under their oral contract, such part performance was sufficient to take the case out of the statute of frauds, although because of the death of the other party, their services were required for only a few weeks.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Van Camp v. Van Camp.