Sykes v. Chadwick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 12 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““At all events, the defendant when he was endeavoring to negotiate the sale of his property deemed it of sufficient importance to give the note in question in consideration of the plaintiff joining in the deed, and releasing any contingent right she might have. This very act of hers may have been necessary, and we have a right to infer that it was deemed important, to the closing up of the transaction and securing the sale of 'the property. If any release is deemed requisite to confirm the title of lands with which one has been connected, though by a proper eon struetion of the law he has no interest in them whatever, still such release will be a good consideration for a promise or for the payment of money.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Folsom v. Seapy

2. ““We may therefore regard the transaction under consideration as valid and binding in equity, both on the defendant and the husband of the plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. James v. Gray