Smith v. Linder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 3 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. ““When an action is brought for equitable relief on the ground of fraud, and a longer time has elapsed than the statute permits within which the action may be commenced, it is essential to the. cause of action, for the complaint to allege that the fraud was not discovered until a period within which the action may be brought; and the burden is upon the defendant to prove that the plaintiff, or the person under whom he claims, had knowledge of the fraud, or of such facts as would have led to the knowledge thereof, if pursued with reasonable diligence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Grayson v. Fidelity Life Insurance

2. “■ “Any action for relief on tbe ground of fraud, in cases wbicb heretofore were solely cognizable by the Court of Chancery, the cause of action in such case not to be .deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facia constituting the fraud.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. National Bank of Savannah v. All