Walston v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1896
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
5
states following
October 1927
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Page v. Page · Livingston v. Livingston · Pinney v. Fellows · Barron v. Barron · Bent v. Bent
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the doctrine is once taken up that the intention of the parties is not to be found in the legal construction of an instrument and that you are to infer it from extrinsic circumstances, nothing short of a general admission of all parol evidence that throws light on the intention, and is in its nature competent, can be adopted.” Walston v. Smith, 70 Vt. 25 , 39 A. 253 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Montgomery v. McNutt
How this case has been treated — in progress
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