Seashell, Inc. v. Simon’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Watson Bros. v. Jones · Buckley v. Featherstone Garage, Inc. · 308 So. 2d 889 - ALTEX READY-MAXED CONCRETE CORP. v. Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company · Altex Ready-Mixed Concrete Corp. v. Employers Commercial Union Insurance · 131 So. 2d 240 - Rube v. Pacific Insurance Company of New York
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.
“We of course concede the law to be that parol evidence is inadmissible to prove a promise to pay a debt of a third person. However, parol evidence is competent to prove the assumption of a debt by one who is activated by a pecuniary interest of his own in making the agreement, which in effect becomes an independent undertaking and may be established by any competent evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cole v. Joshua“.... 3. To prove any promise to pay the debt of a third person...."”
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.