Siegler v. Ginther’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently February 2013
8 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 215th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Dittberner v. Bell · Moore v. Lindsey · Anderson v. McRae · King v. Tubb · Sherrod v. Bailey
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Maurice] was of course liable to the bank for the full amount of the $3,500 note, but his obligation to [Billie Ruth] is not founded upon that note because when [Billie Ruth] paid it the note was discharged. [Billie Ruth’s] right of action is founded, not upon the note, but upon [Maurice’s] implied promise to reimburse her for his share of their joint and several liability to the bank. This right of action arises out of the relationship of the parties rather than the written contract and is barred by the two year statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.