Cole v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably 334 So. 2d 13 - Shaw v. Shaw (1976), 265 So. 2d 43 - Westerman v. Shell's City, Inc. (1972)
33 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 Hollywood, Inc. v. Clark · Baker v. Baker · Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of Lakeland · Phifer v. Phifer · Forrest Lake v. State
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The oft-stated and long-established rule in Florida is that on the appeal of an equity suit, ‘where the evidence reasonably supports the findings of the chancellor, his conclusions thereon will not be disturbed.’ Phifer v. Phifer, 1936, 124 Fla. 223 , 168 So. 9, 10 . See also Baker v. Baker, 1927, 94 Fla. 1001 , 114 So. 661 ; Welch v. Welch, 1933, 112 Fla. 590 , 152 So. 173 , and Stoneburg v. Stoneburg, 1935, 120 Fla. 188 , 162 So. 334 . In justifying this rule with the goal of the courts to ascertain the truth, it is sometimes pointed out that in an equity suit the chancellor, like a jury in an action at law, is the trier of the facts and as such has heard the testimony of the witnesses and observed their demeanor and conduct, elements which may affect the degree of credibility which should be accorded to their testimony, so surely the chancellor is in a better position to arrive at true findings of fact than appellate judges, who are confined in their consideration to the ‘cold’ typewritten transcript prepared by a stenographer.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“The nature of a rehearing is revealed in several opinions of the Supreme Court of Florida in which that court has had occasion to define a rehearing. A rehearing is a second consideration of a cause for the sole purpose of calling to the attention of the court any error, omission, or oversight that may have been committed in the first consideration. [Citation omitted.] A petition for rehearing is a means afforded by rule to present to the court some point which it overlooked or failed to consider by reason whereof its judgment is erroneous. [Citation omitted.] A prime function of a petition for rehearing is to present to the trial court some point which it overlooked or failed to consider, which renders the decree inequitable and erroneous. [Citation omitted.] A petition for rehearing of a suit in equity is available for correction of error apparent on face of record. [Citation omitted.] The Supreme Court in the last-mentioned case also recognized the rule that a petition for rehearing of a suit in equity is available for the purpose of obtaining the court's permission to introduce newly-discovered evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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