Beckwith v. Talbot’s Empirical Analysis
95 U.S. 289 · 1877
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 86 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2006 · most notably Meehan v. Valentine (1892), Bibb v. Allen (1893)
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 86 state decisions — followed in 28 states
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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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is undoubtedly a general rule that collateral papers, adduced to supply the defect of signature of a writ; ten agreement under the Statute of Frauds, should on their face sufficiently demonstrate their reference to such agreement without the aid of parol proof. But the rule is not absolute. Johnson v. Dodgson, 2 Mees. & W., 653; Salmon Falls Co. v. Goddard, 14 How., 446 . There may be cases in which it would be a violation of reason and common sense to ignore a reference which derives its significance from such proof. If there is ground for any doubt in the matter, the general rule should be enforced. But where there is no ground for doubt, its enforcement would aid', instead of discouraging, fraud.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cash v. Maddox · Hewitt v. Hutter
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.