64 Wash. 2d 173 - Harris v. Rivard’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 1988
11 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The rule relative to mental capacity to contract, therefore, is whether the contractor possessed sufficient mind or reason to enable him to comprehend the nature, terms, and effect of the contract in issue. In applying this rule, however, it must be remembered that contractual capacity is a question of fact to be determined at the time the transaction occurred, . . . that everyone is presumed sane; and that this presumption is overcome only by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Perry“We are of the opinion that there was substantial evidence before the trial court; he saw, heard, and evaluated the testimony, and observed the manner in which it was given. His oral decision indicates he carefully weighed and considered all of the testimony. His findings will stand undisturbed. Harris v. Rivard, 64 Wn.2d 173, 176 , 390 P.2d 1004 (1964).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McDonald v. Parker“Ever since the case of Thorndike v. Hesperian Orchards, Inc., 54 Wn. (2d) 570, 575, 343 P. (2d) 183 (1959), this court has refused to substitute its opinion for that of the trial court where there is substantial evidence before the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Perry
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.