The Kimball’s Empirical Analysis
70 U.S. 37 · 1865
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 27 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 106 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2004 · most notably Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co. (1918), Hendrick v. Lindsay (1876)
37 federal appellate · 27 district · 13 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 106 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by the general commercial-law, as well of England as of the United States, a promissory note does not discharge the debt for which it is given unless such be the express agreement of the parties; it only operates to extend until its maturity the period for the payment of^the debt. The creditor may return, the note when dishonored, and proceed upon the original, debt. The acceptance of the note is considered as accompanied with the condition of its payment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Segrist v. Crabtree““Freight being the compensation for the carriage of goods, if paid in advance, is in all cases, unless there is a special agreement to the contrary, to be refunded, if from any cause not attributable to the shipper these goods be not carried^’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.