Osier v. Hobbs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general principle is well announced in the instructions asked; that, services intended at the time to be gratuitous, cannot, afterwards, be used to raise an implied contract to pay for them; and this was the case made by the paper filed before the Magistrate. It was a simple account against Wm. J. Osier, in favor of Isaac Hobbs, for ‘board, attention and care’ of the child, at the request of the defendant, from June 16th, 1872, to August 1st,, 1874, $300. According to the findings of the court in this action, the declarations of law asked by defendants should have been given, and the judgment should have been in his favor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 213 F. Supp. 936 - Dunn v. Phoenix Village, Inc.

2. ““ ‘First — If the plaintiff and wife, at the time the child was taken to their house to be raised, and during its continuance there, did not intend to charge for board and attention rendered to it, he has no cause of action in the case. “ ‘Second — If it was understood by and between plaintiff and his wife, and the defendant, during the time the child was at their house, that no charge was to be made against the defendant for board and attention to the child, the plaintiff cannot, afterwards, claim compensation and maintain this action.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 213 F. Supp. 936 - Dunn v. Phoenix Village, Inc.