Howard v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The test in such [a] case is, whether taking the finding alone in the one instance, a judgment should be entered in favor of the plaintiff; and taking it alone in the other, judgment should be entered in favor of the defendant." [ 148 Tex. 197 , 222 S.W.2d 991 .]”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Luther Transfer & Storage, Inc. v. Walton · Bradford v. Arhelger

2. ““Under these circumstances, therefore, we think the trial court was authorized to reasonably construe the answer to special issue No. 1 as being the jury’s conclusion that appellant had sustained injuries, which they were asked to find, and not as a finding that appellee was guilty of an unlawful assault and battery, of which latter issue they found him not guilty in the next question submitted to them. This construction reconciles the apparent conflict, and is, we think, a reasonable one.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pon Lip Chew v. Gilliland

3. ““The rule is well settled that where-the findings of the jury are in irreconcilable conflict, they nullify each other and no judgment can be entered there-”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bradford v. Arhelger