Cross v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Montrief & Montrief v. Bragg · 21 Tex. Civ. App. 109 - McCord-collins Commerce Co. v. Levi · 21 Tex. Civ. App. 442 - Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Hagood · Wichita Valley Ry. Co. v. Williams · 20 Tex. Civ. App. 470 - Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Parker
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rule is well recognized that all issues of fact raised by the evidence under proper pleadings should go to the jury, but the rule has reference to issues of fact and not to evidentiary matters going to make up the ultimate issues which control the judgment of the court. Properly applied, the rule contended for by appellants in cases * * * on special issues can be invoked only when the defendant pleads facts which, if true, would constitute an independent defense to the claim made by the plaintiff. It does not apply when the only effect of the fact issue sought to be submitted by the defendant is to negative an issue submitted by the court in the main charge. * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dreeben v. Sidor
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.