Huffman v. Huffman’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 43 state decisions

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

1. ““[I]f the true construction of the language of an agreement is that it shall continue in force only so long as the parties to it survive, it will be limited in duration accordingly, ... So, too, from the character of the contract itself, a limitation of time to the lives of the contracting parties might be necessarily implied, though not directly expressed. All of the cases under this head fall into one of two classes, . . . “The first class embraces those cases in which it clearly appeared that the personal qualities of one party to the contract constituted a potential inducement to its making ... To the second class belong the cases where, if only the language of the contract was considered, it would appear that the performance required would extend beyond the time during which executors and administrators are, by statute, to settle the estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cachelin Estate

2. “It is idle to say there was no consideration for the agreement; no fraud or overreaching being alleged, the family settlement was, itself, ample consideration: Burkholder's App., 105 Pa. 31 ; Lineaweaver's Est., 284 Pa. 384 ; Miller v. Miller, 284 Pa. 414 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stern v. Stern