Archibald v. Argall’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions

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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. ““It is the established doctrine of this court that the mere giving of a note does not, of itself, extinguish a precedent debt, whether it be an account or other demand. Rayburn v. Day, 27 Ill. 46 ; White v. Jones, 38 Ill. 159 . In such a case, it is a question of intention. It is true, the intention need not be manifested by an express agreement, but may be inferred from the circumstances attending the transaction, and it is a question for the jury. And in a case of conflict in the evidence, this court will rarely disturb the verdict, unless it is clear that the evidence is strongly against the finding. In this case, the evidence is not of that clear and satisfactory character which requires us to say the jury have failed to give it due weight in the conclusion at which they have arrived.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rayfield v. Tincher