Johnston v. Bearden’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently October 1982
17 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 Sanders v. Sanders · American Guaranty Co. v. Sunset Realty & Planting Co. · Smith v. Smith · Garnier v. Aetna Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. · Strauss v. Insurance Co. of North America
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Defendants contend that the trial court should not be reversed upon a finding of fact unless manifestly erroneous. While it is true, where the issues presented are factual in nature, great weight should be accorded the conclusions and findings of the trial court, nevertheless, it is the constitutional duty of appellate courts to consider questions of fact, and appellants are entitled to the performance of that duty by the court. Pursuant to such constitutional duty, an appellate court should give consideration to questions of fact where presented as issues for determination and to exercise its judgment thereon. Brown v. Louisiana Ry. & Nav. Co., 147 La. 829 , 86 So. 281 ; Esteve v. Continental Southern Lines, La.App. Orleans, 1955, 83 So.2d 404, 408 ; Wooten v. Thompson, La.App. 1st Cir., 1953, 69 So.2d 557, 564 . "Where, in a proper analysis of the facts, an appellate court differs with the trial court or jury, it is its duty to reverse the trial court. * * *"”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“* * * parol evidence is admissible in an action by forced heirs to annul simulated contracts of those from whom they inherit; and, if such contracts are established as simulated, they are annulled in their entirety.”
2 later decisions 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.