Gridley v. Capen’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 16 state decisions

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

1. “"Now, the damages therein stipulated are as much a part of the note as the sum stipulated to be paid. The contract on the part of the guarantor is, that the note shall be paid when due, according to its tenor. The guarantor is, therefore, liable as well for the stipulated damages as for the principal sum. He would certainly be liable for the interest which would be given on suit brought, by way of damages; then, why not for stipulated damages?"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 50 Ill. App. 2d 151 - NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. OF SOUTH BEND v. Becker

2. ““The definition of a guaranty, by text-writers, is, an undertaking by one person that another shall perform his contract or fulfil his obligation, or that, if he does not, the guarantor will do it for him. A guarantor of a bill or note is said to be one who engages that the note shall be paid, but is not an indorser or surety.” (Emphases added.) Gridley, 72 Ill. at 13 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 238 Ill. 2d 455 - JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Earth Foods, Inc.

3. “For value received, we guarantee the payment of the within note, when due....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 50 Ill. App. 2d 151 - NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. OF SOUTH BEND v. Becker