Sharp v. Kilborn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is needless to deal in refinements about whether the deed was an escrow, or whether the bank was merely the agent of the grantor named therein. In the first place the delivery of the deed in violation of the terms of the escrow passed 'no title, and in the other case, if the agent delivered the deed contrary to his instruction, it would still pass no title.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Root v. Martin

2. ““It was at best an abortive novation inaugurated by the defendant, in which was wanting one requisite essential to bind the plaintiff, namely, the consent of the plaintiff himself.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clarke-Woodward Drug Co. v. Hot Lake Sanatorium Co.