Nation v. Harness’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the consideration of the case of Duval v. Moody, supra, the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, speaking through Mr. Justice Neill, said: ‘The owner of real estate, by the general employment of a real estate agent or broker to effect a sale, does not thereby preclude himself from employing other agents for the same purpose. Cook v. Forst, 116 Ala. 395 , 22 South. 540 . And where a principal employs more than one broker, the one who first completes the sale is entitled to the commissions (Glasscock v. Van Fleet, 100 Tenn. 603 , 46 S. W. 449 ), unless the exertions of another broker are the procuring cause of the sale. Brennan v. Roach, 47 Mo. App 200; Wright v. Brown, 68 Mo. App. 577 -8.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crandall v. Cousins

2. ““Mr. Austin was not ready or willing to purchase the. property upon Mrs. Duval’s terms when presented to her by appellee. And as appellee was not the procuring cause of Austin’s readiness and willingness to purchase when the sale was effected, Hampton being the efficient and procuring cause, the evidence does not sustain the judgment, and it is- reversed and the cause remanded.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wheelan v. Hunt

3. ““When property has been listed for sale with different real estate agents, the agent who induces the seller and purchaser to enter into the contract is entitled to the commission, though another agent may have first brought the parties together.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bouton v. Carson