Brown v. Kirkland’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “■ ‘ ‘ That any person aggrieved by any final judgment rendered by said court, except as to judgment of dismissal for want of prosecution, may take an appeal to the circuit court, within thirty days after rendition of said judgment, by making a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the clerk, and complying with the law otherwise as to appeal from justices’ courts to the circuit court. Provided, that the affidavit for appeal may be made by the party, his agent or attorney; and provided further, that, if the court has adjourned, the appeal shall be allowed by the clerk, when notice of the appeal, in such case, shall be served upon the appellee, his agent or attorney of record, but, if allowed by the court in open session, upon motion of the appellant, and the filing of the affidavit and bond before the final adjournment of the court, no further notice to the adverse party shall be necessary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. McCombs