Johnston v. Hare’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But, under all the evidence Sanders’ agency was limited to taking defendant’s car back to the garage. When he failed to do that and instead appropriated the car to go on an errand of his own, for his own pleasure and business, his agency ceased, and he no longer was acting for defendant. ... It is fundamental that a principal is not liable for all torts of his agent, but only for those' committed while the agent is acting within the limits of his agency. . . . Neither can it be presumed that Sanders drove defendant’s car to McKinley street and Sixth avenue with the consent, knowledge or authority of defendant, when all the evidence is to the effect that he was delegated by defendant to take it to the garage; or that Sanders was using the car at the time of the accident for the business, purpose, or pleasure of defendant, when all the evidence is that he was using it for his personal pleasure.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peters v. Pima Mercantile Co., Inc.