Griffin v. Allison’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Phoenix Lumber Co. v. Houston Water Co. · Bennecke v. Insurance Co. · Commercial & Agricultural Bank v. Jones · 24 Tex. Civ. App. 402 - Williams v. Moore · Clarendon Land Investment & Agency Co. v. McClelland Bros.
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.
“The measure of damages is different, if the act of defendant was intentionally and willfully done, he would be subject to exemplary damages, while if only negligently done, he would not be so liable.”
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.