Moran v. Lavell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The claim of the plaintiff is stricti juris. He seeks to enforce the forfeiture; and courts always lean against penalties and forfeitures. To entitle himself to recover the possession of the leased premises, he must show that all necessary forms which the law has prescribed have been scrupulously observed. There must be a demand for the rent on the day it is due, at a convenient time before sunset. There is nothing in the terms of this lease to show that the common-law requirement of demand is waived or dispensed with. Where no place of payment is named, a tender upon the land is good, and prevents forfeiture. And if the lessor desires to enforce a forfeiture, he must demand the rent upon leased premises at the most notorious place. Chapman v. Harney, 100 Mass. 353 . “A myriad of other cases might be cited to the same effect, but it is not necessary to do so, in support of such an obvious and well-settled principle. The plaintiffs’ counsel cites no case to the contrary, and we know of none such.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. Vogelsang