Chapman v. Hudson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This conduct was inconsistent with his right as bailee and was an abandonment of it. It was a conversion of the property, and is likened, by the authorities, to a destruction of it, and put an end to the contract of bailment, and the owner’s right to take possession of the property or to recover damages for the tort accrued immediately upon the commission of the act.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Meacham v. Mid-South Cotton Growers Association