Sharp v. Zeller’s Empirical Analysis
1905
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Murphy v. Murphy (1914), Prince v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co. (1923)
38 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sharp v. Zeller · Potts v. Shreveport Belt Ry. Co. · 33 La. Ann. 744 - Heirs of Wood v. Nicholls · Moreira v. Schwan · Creevy v. Cummings
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[4] “It is familiar doctrine that judgments are interpreted by the pleadings and by the subject-matter of the suit. It is equally well settled that the whole context of the judgment should be considered, and, in cases of doubt, preference should be given to that construction which is more consonant with a proper decree on the facts and law of the case.” Sharp v. Zeller, 114 La. 552 , 38 South. 449 (citing Ingram v. Richardson, 2 La. Ann. 839 ); Trepagnier v. Williams, 4 La. 100 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The right of the joint owner in possession to be reimbursed necessary expenses for the preservation of the common property is well settled. Fuselier v. Lacour, 3 La.Ann. 162 ; Smith v. Wilson, 10 La.Ann. 255 . "The liability of the co-owner not in possession to refund his part of necessary expenditures arises ex aequo et bono. * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.