Maxey v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis
1906
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
June 1947
most recently cited
3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘ ‘ Statutes must be construed, if possible, so as to make them sensible, and to effect and carry out the purposes for which they are enacted. It is not to be presumed that the lawmakers will pass a defective or insensible act, or one in conflict with the organic law. Wise & Co. v. Morgan, 101 Tenn. (273), 282, 48 S. W. 971 , 44 L. R. A. 548; Rose v. Wortham, 95 Tenn. (505), 508, 32 S. W. 458 , 30 L. R. A. 609. The legislative intent will prevail over the strict letter or literal sense of the language used, and, in order to carry into effect this intent, general terms will be limited, and those that are narrow expanded. Rose v. Wortham, 95 Tenn. 505 , 32 S. W. 458 , 30 L. R. A. 609; Lewis v. Mynatt, 105 Tenn. (508), 512-514, 58 S. W. 857 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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