Burns v. Beeny’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If parties agree that the happening of that event shall work a change in their legal relations it is certainly their privilege to do so as long as freedom of contract exists. Until some public policy is violated, the validity of such a contractual arrangement will be sustained, no matter how unusual or bizarre.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. L & K Realty Co. v. R. W. Farmer Construction Co. · Swiss-American Importing Co. v. Variety Food Products Co.

2. ““The methods by which a negotiable instrument may be discharged are set forth in Sections 401.122 and 401.119, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. Under Section 401.122 the holder of such an instrument may renounce his rights, but such a renunciation must be in writing unless the instrument is delivered up to the person primarily liable thereon. In the present case there is no evidence of any renunciation in writing and obviously there was no delivery of the instrument to the defendant. U * * * “Under the terms of the negotiable instruments law it is clear that the defendant was not discharged from his responsibility upon the note by the conversation had with plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fixman v. Schultz