Wilson v. Sewell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellant claims that it was incumbent upon appellee to allege and prove that the purchaser procured by him ,was ready, able, and willing to pay for the property. It is true that in cases where the agent had produced a purchaser to whom the owner refused to sell, in order for him to recover, it iis uniformly held that he must allege and show that the purchaser so tendered by the agent was ready, able, and willing to consummate the purchase at the price named.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jacobs v. Rothschild

2. ““This case presents no circumstances which would vary the general and quite universal rule that the broker has earned, and is entitled to, his commission, under the character of agreement here relied upon, when he has procured a purchaser who either consummates the purchase, or who is ready, able and willing to do so upon the terms given to the agent by the owner.” (quoting Williams v. Engler, 46 N.M. 454, 457 , 131 P.2d 267, 269 (1942) (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Simmons v. Plummer