Davis v. Shafer’s Empirical Analysis
50 F. 764 · 1892
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 1928
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Railroad Company v. Trimble · Nelson v. Brodhack · Capital Bank v. Armstrong · Bigelow v. Gregory · Austin v. Loring
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We, Davis and Rankin, party of the first part, hereby agree with the undersigned’subscribers hereto, party of the second part, to build, erect, complete, and equip for said party of the second part a combined butter and cheese factory at Saline City, Indiana. * * * The parties of the second part hereby agree to select and furnish suitable lands for said building, together with well, spring, or reservoir on said lot, for the use of the business; and it is further understood that, in case said second party shall fail to furnish said land and water within ten 'days after the execution of this contract, then Davis and Rankin, at their option, may select and furnish land and water in behalf and at the expense of the subscribers. * * * Said Davis and Rankin agree to erect said butter and cheese factory, as set forth by the above specifications, for four thousand five hundred dollars, payable when factory is completed, or one half cash, and balance in ninety days, with secured notes, bearing six per cent, interest from date. ' We, the subscribers hereto, agree to pa.y the above amount for said butter and cheese factory when completed. Said building to be completed w'itinn ninety days or thereabout, after the above amount of four thousand five hundred dollars is subscribed. Any portion of the amount subscribed not paid according to contract shall bear legal rale of interest. As soon as the above amount of four thousand five hundred dollars is subscribed, or in a reasonable time ther”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Name of Subscribers. No. of Shares. Amount of StocTi after Incorporation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.