Popp v. Swanke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But the same counsel suggests that it is too late to raise the objection that the contract is invalid, because the objection was not taken by the pleadings or evidence. But the objection, we think, is available as the record stands. . . . At the close of the trial the defendant’s counsel requested the court to find as a fact that the contract was by parol, and as a conclusion of law that it was void under the statute. This was sufficient to raise the question as to the invalidity of the contract in the court below.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3 Wis. 2d 363 - Padgham v. Wilson Music Co.

2. ““It is only in cases where the defendant would be enabled to practice a fraud upon the complainant unless the contract is specifically executed that a court of equity will interfere. If the purchaser has gone into possession of the land so as to render him liable as a trespasser if the agreement is held void, the court will enforce performance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henrikson v. Henrikson