Leas v. Pacific Express Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1891
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 1905
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Butts v. Phelps · Hill v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co. · Rosenburg v. Boyd · Nutter v. Houston · Weese v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
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““Telephone 924. “Kansas City, Missouri, June 2, 1886. “Pacific Express Company, “Bought of George Leas, Boiler Maker, and Dealer in New and Second-PIand Machinery, Corner Delaware Street and Levee, Kansas City, Missouri, June 24, 1886: “1 crank shaft for 4x6 Eng......................$18.00 “This shaft -was shipped C. O. D., to Frank E. Wells, Eufala, Indian Territory, May 31. “Broken by Pacific Company.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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