Williams v. Carr’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the debt was collected of Williams, Ulman would be liable to him. If, as attempted in the deposition of Ulman, the fact was established that the mining bonds were delivered by Ulman to the plaintiff, and by him received in full satisfaction and discharge of the note, this would relieve, not only Williams, but himself, from all liability or indebtedness; viewed in any light, his legal position is such as to disqualify him under the statute. * * * Although the statute may, in this instance, and in some others, work a hardship, and prevent parties from establishing honest defenses, it is a salutary one, and necessary for the protection of estates, widows and minor heirs, who, without some rule of evidence of this kind, would find themselves at the mercy of any unprincipled debtor, and while the rule need not be unnecessarily extended, it should not be so restricted as to fail in its intention.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cordingly v. Kennedy