Houston v. Edgemon’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maloney v. Aschaffenburg · Haeuser v. Castrogiovanni · 308 So. 2d 808 - Troxler v. McFarlain · 242 So. 2d 366 - First National Bank of West Monroe v. Campbell
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"But if the promise to sell has been made with the giving of earnest, each of the contracting parties is at liberty to recede from the promise; to-wit: he who has given the earnest, by forfeiting it; and he who has received it, by returning the double."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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