Ray v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 1972
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pitek v. McGuire · Pederson v. Lothman · Adams v. Cox · Hampe v. Sage
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is true that a memorandum of an oral sale of real estate need not be made with the formality of a deed; but it must contain a sufficient description of the land, or furnish the means or data within itself which points to evidence that will identify it * * * ”, citing cases and 37 C.J.S. Frauds, Statute of § 184 and 49 Am.Jur. “Statutes of Frauds”, § 394.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Robinson v. Black
How this case has been treated — in progress
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