Ingalls v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The evidence shows that the defendant selected the $3500 Oklahoma mortgage under the contract, and that he made and tendered a deed of conveyance in execution of the contract, so the options had been exercised and were out of the case before this suit was commenced. It is difficult to see how he can successfully claim that the contract was not enforceable. When he indicated his acceptance of the Oklahoma mortgages and made his selection from them, the contract was as binding upon him as though the writing had provided absolutely that he should take them. If the only question on this branch of the case had been whether the commissions were earned when the contract was made and the option was exercised by the defendant, an affirmative answer would be required, and in that event the plaintiff would have been entitled to the requested instruction.” (p. 818.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ingalls v. Smith