Bluitt v. Pearson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The sole question therefore is whether or not, in the absence of an allegation by the plaintiffs that there was no administration on the estate of Mattie Dancy and no necessity therefor the district court had jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues. “In a suit such as that presented in the certificate, it is indispensable that the plaintiffs’ petition should contain an allegation that there is no administration and no necessity for one. No precise form of words is of course required, but the facts thus indicated must be alleged.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stanley v. Stanley · Falsetti v. Indiana Oil Purchasing Co.

2. ““That a mere legal conclusion of the pleader will not stand as against a general demurrer is well settled by the decisions of our Supreme Court. * * * “A court is not at liberty to read into a pleading which merely states a conclusion of law, the facts necessary to raise the issue to support such conclusion.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Casualty Reciprocal Exchange v. Alessandro · Coleman v. Wright