Drury v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 40 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Now, the-statute itself is entirely silent on the question of the delivery of tile note or memorandum of the bargain, and its literal requirements are fulfilled by the execution of the note or memorandum of the bargain, signed by the party to be charged thereby. The statute itself deals exclusively with the existence, and not with the custody of the paper. If the nondelivery of the note does not violate the letter of the statute, would it violate its spirit, and be liable to any of its mischiefs which the statute was made to prevent? The statute was passed to prevent fraud practiced through the instrumentality of perjury. It was passed to prevent the defendant from suffering loss upon the parol testimony of either a perjured or mistaken witness, speaking of a bargain different from the one in fact made, it made the defendant only liable when a note or memorandum of the bargain, signed by himself, was produced at the trial.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lowther v. Potter

2. ““It is therefore a sufficient signing, if the name be in print, and in any part of the instrument, provided that the name is recognized and appropriated by the party to be his.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dubrowin v. Schremp