Robert v. Blythe Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A plea in compensation should be set forth with the same certainty as is required by a plaintiff in a direct action. The penalty for a failure to do so is attendant with somewhat different consequences due to the absence of replication in our system of pleadings. The failure of the plaintiff to give necessary details is not fatal, since he may amend following the maintenance of an exception of vagueness, but the failure of a defendant to meet the necessities of pleading results in the deprivation of the right of presenting proof in support of his claim; no amendment being permitted. This is true with respect to the analogous plea in reconvention. Stringfellow v. Nowlin Bros., 157 La. 683 , 102 So. 869 ; Stroud v. Beardslee, 2 Mart., N.S., 84; Perry v. Gerbeau, 5 Mart., N.S., 14; McMasters v. Palmer, 4 La. Ann. 381 ; Wilcox v. His Creditors, 11 Rob. 346 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pancoast v. Cooperative Cab Co.

2. “The plea being in the nature of a demand should specify the particular amount to be compensated, the manner in which the right thereto was acquired, and every circumstance of time and place to be given in other demands; otherwise, no evidence will be admissible under it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 33 So. 2d 568 - Traina v. Frank Jordano Co.