Douglass v. Reynolds, Byrne & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
32 U.S. 113 · 1833
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1979 · most notably Cochran v. United States (1895), Reynes v. Dumont (1889)
7 federal appellate · 42 state decisions — followed in 17 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Kirkpatrick · Russell v. Clark's Executors · Tayloe v. T. & S. Sandiford · Richard Drummond Surviving Partner of Charles Drummond v. Executors of George Prestman
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““By the very terms of this guaranty, as well as by the general principles of law, the guarantors are only collaterally liable, upon the failure of the principal debtor to pay the debt. A demand upon him, and a failure upon his part to perform his engagements, are indispensable to constitute a casus foederis. The creditors are not, indeed, bound to institute any legal proceedings against the debtor, but they are required to use reasonable diligence to make demand, and to give notice of the nonpayment. The guarantors are not to be held to any length of indulgence of credit which the creditors may choose; but have a right to insist that the risk of their responsibility shall be fixed and terminated within a reasonable time after the debt has become due.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Gentlemen: Our friend, Mr. Chester Haring, * * * may require your aid, from time to time, either by acceptance or indorsement of his paper, or advances in cash; in order to save you from harm by so doing, we do hereby bind ourselves, severally and jointly to be responsible to you at any time, for a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, should the said Chester Haring fail to do so.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.