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← 86 MICH 591 - Lafferty v. Lorimer

Lafferty v. Lorimer’s Empirical Analysis

1891

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
December 1923
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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  1. ““We think it was the plain intent of this contract that plaintiff was to be paid a commission upon the coal delivered upon these orders, and upon any orders which defendants, by their own fault, refused or ■neglected to fill. There is no evidence in the record upon which to base such neglect or refusal.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.