Stowell v. Stowell’s Empirical Analysis
1881
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1898
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Swartwout v. Michigan Air Line Railroad
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.
““In consideration of the construction of the Chicago & Canada Southern Railway through or within one-half mile of the village of Dundee, in the county of Monroe, State of Michigan, within three years of this date, and the building of passenger and freight depot at Dundee, Mich., I promise to pay to the treasurer of said railway company, or bearer, the sum of $50 in SO days after said road and depot are constructed as aforesaid.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gardner v. Burch
How this case has been treated — in progress
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