Brown v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
73 F.2d 524 · 1934
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Metcalf v. Williams · New Georgia National Bank of Albany, Georgia v. J. & G. Lippmann · I. W. Phillips & Co. v. Hall · Corbin v. Southern States Packing Co. · Willey v. W. J. Hoggson Corp.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The rule that one who assumes to act as agent for a principal who has no legal status or existence renders himself individually liable on contracts so made does not apply where the third person has knowledge of a nonexistence or incompetency of the principal."”
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.