Goodyear v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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

1. ““The presumption of agency from the possession of the note by the person claiming payment is ordinarily sufficient in itself to justify the debtor in making the payment, and the want of such possession is of itself sufficient to put the debtor upon inquiry as to the authority of the agent to receive payment. If this be so, it would seem that the circumstances must be strong, in the absence of direct authority from the creditor, that would justify a debtor in paying a note, especially one not due, to a pretended agent so as to bind the creditor thereby. Such circumstances, it would seem, must practically amount to an estoppel upon the creditor to deny the authority of the agent— ah estoppel in pais.” (p. 195.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pioneer Mortgage Co. v. Randall

2. ““The evidence of Williams as to what Goode said in regard to the payment of the interest coupons to him would only be competent after the agency of Goode was established, and is incompetent for the purpose of establishing such agency.” (p. 195.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pioneer Mortgage Co. v. Randall