Cole v. Waite’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Fountain v. Ferguson (1969), Haile v. Holtzclaw (1967)
62 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 Texas Power & Light Co. v. Hering · Sproles Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. Long · Cole v. Waite · C.R.I. T. Ry. Co. v. Long
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Of course, the state of mind alleged by respondents had to be shown to exist when Mrs. Waite executed the deed on Oct. 1, 1949, but it does not follow that relevant evidence bearing on mental competency is restricted to the time a given act is done; that issue may be determined upon testimony as to the actor’s mental condition either prior or subsequent to the time the act in question is done. Self v. Becker, Tex.Civ. App., 195 S.W.2d 701 , er. ref. N.R.E. And as already indicated, we think there is a wealth of testimony in the record, which, as accepted by the jury, established Mrs. Waite’s mental incapacity on Oct. 1, 1949.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that an agreement was entered into between Marvin McLarty, Jr. and Crawford Chevrolet, Inc. on or about January 12, 1973, under which Marvin McLarty, Jr. agreed to buy one Chevrolet Blazer automobile for $4,000 and Crawford Chevrolet, Inc. agreed to sell one Chevrolet Blazer automobile for $4,000.00 P “Answer: ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. “Answer: ‘Yes.’””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.