Williams v. Costello’s Empirical Analysis
1891
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1935
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Born v. First National Bank · Lee's Adm'rs v. Fontaine · Caldwell v. Hall · Pearson v. Thomason · Carriere v. Ticknor
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The mere acceptance by the creditor from his debtor of a check on a bank, or the obligation of a third person, without more, will not be regarded as other than a conditional payment. It requires proof to the effect that the parties understood and agreed that the check or property should be received as a payment, and that it was so accepted, before it will be considered that the check or property was received in absolute payment of the debt.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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