Gottschalk v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1894
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
December 1910
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Joliet, Aurora & Northern Railway Co. v. Velie · Fawcett, Isham & Co. v. Osborn, Adams & Co. · Taylor v. Taylor · Poleman v. Johnson · Zjednoczenie v. Sadecki
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the terms of a special contract have been so far performed that nothing remains but a mere debt or duty to pay money, then the amount due may be recovered under a general count.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Foster v. McKeown
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.