Baker v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The sale was made, not upon a false statement as to a fact, but upon a promise to pay. This is not a misrepresentation. in law. Defendant, if he so promised, was guilty only of a breach of contract when he failed to pay. There is nothing in the evidence to show an intent, when the promise was made, not to perform it. In the absence of proof of such an intent, it must be held that the title passed, and there was no conversion, and hence no tort.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hart v. Zaitz