136 N.C. App. 331 - Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2001
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 73 N.C. App. 96 - Wilson v. Wilson · Wilson v. Wilson · 67 N.C. App. 661 - Elmore v. Elmore · 113 N.C. App. 785 - Tucker v. Miller · Carnahan ex rel. Carnahan v. Reed
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Upon the death of any person, all demands whatsoever, and rights to prosecute or defend any action or special proceeding, existing in favor of or against such person, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, shall survive to and against the personal representative or collector of his estate. (b) The following rights of action in favor of a decedent do not survive: (3) Causes of action where the relief sought could not be enjoyed, or granting it would be nugatory after death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[s]ince death itself dissolves the marital status and accomplishes the chief purpose for which the action is brought, there is no longer a marital status upon which a final decree of divorce may operate. The jurisdiction of the court to proceed with the action is terminated. The marital status of the parties is the same as if the suit had never begun.””
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.