Hackney v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"... The Defendant relies on Article 6132b, Sec. 9, Texas Uniform Partnership Act, which in subsection (1) provides that every partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business, and that the act of a partner for apparently carrying on the usual way of business of the partnership binds the partnership....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Austin v. Truly

2. ““If the three tenants could be considered as acting as joint venturers prior to the formation of a contemplated corporation, the results would be the same, as joint venturers are generally governed by the rules applicable to partners. ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Austin v. Truly

3. “unless authorized by the other partners ... one or more but less than all the partners have no authority to: Do any ... act which would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the partnership.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bane v. Ferguson