Morgan's Co v. Texas Cent Ry Co Texas Cent Ry Co’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 10 district · 22 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘A cross-bill,’ says Mr. Justice Story (Eq. Plead. § 389), ‘ex vl terminorum, implies a .bill brought by a defendant in a suit against the plaintiff in the same suit, or against other defendants in the same suit, or against both, touching the matters in question in the original bill. A bill of this kind is usually brought, either (1) to obtain a necessary discovery of facts in aid of the defense to the original bill, or (2) to obtain full relief to all parties, touching the matters of the original bill.’ And, as illustrative of cross-bills for relief, he says (§ 392): ‘It also frequently happens, and particularly, if any question arises between two defendants to a bill, that the court cannot make a complete decree without a cross-bill or cross-bills to bring every matter in dispute completely before the court to be litigated by the proper parties and upon the proper proofs.’ ” Morgan’s Co. v. Texas Central Ry. Co., 137 U. S. 200 , 11 Sup. Ct. 61 , 34 L. Ed. 625 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Newton v. Gage

2. “_ “And whether this bill be regarded as a pure cross-bill, as an original bill in the nature of a cross-bill, or as an original bill, there is no error calling for the disturbance of the decree because the court proceeded upon it in connection with the other pleadings. The jurisdiction of the circuit court did not depend upon the citizenship of the parties, but on the subject-matter of the litigation. The property was in the actual possession of that court, and this drew to it the right to decide upon the conflicting claims to its ultimate possession and control.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Michigan Trust Co. v. Bank of Ionia

3. ““It also frequently happens, and particularly if any question arises between two defendants to a bill, that the court cannot make a complete decree without a cross bill or cross bills, to bring every matter in dispute completely before the court, to be litigated by the proper parties, and upon the proper proofs.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mercantile Trust Co. v. Atlantic & P. R.