Wilson v. Bevans’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general rule is that if the promise is in the nature of an original undertaking to pay a debt to a third party, and is founded on a valuable consideration received by the promisor himself, it is not within the provision of the statute, and need not be in writing to make it valid and binding; it will be regarded in the light of a contract for the benefit of a third party, upon which said third party may found an action for the breach. The authorities all seem to agree in holding that such promise is not within the statute óf frauds, and need not necessarily be in writing to make it valid.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kee v. Cahill

2. ““ The appellant received the property contracted for, and it is wholly immaterial to him what direction was given to the purchase money. The vendor contracted to have it paid to his creditors instead of himself, and it imposes no hardship upon the purchaser. It was his contract so to pay the purchase money, and such a contract is valid and binding in law, although it is not evidenced by any writing.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kee v. Cahill