Harrison v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 65 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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If it imports on its face to be a complete expression of the whole agreement—that is, contains such language as imports a complete legal obligation—it is to be presumed that the parties have introduced into it every material item and term; and parol evidence cannot be admitted to add another term to the agreement, although the writing contains nothing on the particular one to which the parol evidence is directed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Balfour · 86 Cal. App. 216 - Morgan v. Green

2. ““San Francisco, January 12, 1882. “Messrs. McCormick & Lewis. “Ordered from J. W. Harrison fifty tons Montana Lode Lump Lehigh Hand picked Coal, early lading in New York. Ship to be named, original cost, etc. To be paid on receipt of bills of lading, etc., and the freight to be paid on receipt of coal here, at $13.50 per ton per 2,240 pounds, gold coin, payable as above, delivered from ship’s side when landed. Any shortage in excess of two per cent to be paid by the seller.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 72 Cal. App. 698 - Davis v. Stanislaus County Farmers Union

3. ““When parties have deliberately put their engagement in writing in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties and the extent and manner of their undertaking was reduced to writing.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Berverdor, Inc. v. Salyer Farms