Davis v. Norman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is a well-settled rule of law that the state is never to be made a debtor by implication; hence, unless the law .clearly requires the state to pay the fees in question, the judgment below should be affirmed. The question of the liability of the state for costs has been legislated on in several instances, and, if it had been the intention of the legislature to place the state on the same footing with individuals as to costs not specifically named, it would seem that such provision would have been specifically enacted. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Allen, Circuit Clerk

2. ““It is a sufficient answer to state that the state and county governments of this country never • become debtors, by implication, to any of their agents, and that in order to hold them, or any of them, responsible for a claim, the claimant must show a legal obligation on their part to pay it. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Allen, Circuit Clerk

3. ““No fee-bill shall be made out, or compensation allowed hereafter, for any ex-officio services rendered or to be rendered by any officer.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Allen, Circuit Clerk