Wester v. Trailmobile Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
June 2005
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Armstrong & Armstrong · Alford v. Rowell · Witherspoon v. Brummett · Locke v. Murdoch · Eifert v. Hartford Fire Insurance
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The general rule is stated at 17 C.J. S. Contracts § 74, as follows: “ ‘It may be laid down as a general rule, * * * that there is a sufficient consideration for a promise if there is any benefit to the promisor or any loss or detriment to the promisee. It is not necessary that a benefit should accrue to the person making the promise; it is sufficient that something valuable flows from the person to whom it is made, or that he suffers some prejudice or inconvenience, and that the promise is the inducement to the transaction. * * * ’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Aragon v. Boyd
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.