157 W. Va. 548 - Young v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

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29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘It is the peculiar and exclusive province of a jury to weigh the evidence and to resolve questions of fact when the testimony of witnesses regarding them is conflicting and the finding of the jury upon such facts will not ordinarily be disturbed.’ Syllabus Point 2, Skeen v. C and G Corporation, 155 W.Va. 547 , 185 S.E.2d 493 (1971).””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 W. Va. 409 - Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Donahue · 181 W. Va. 501 - Casteel v. Consolidation Coal Co.

2. “every reasonable and legitimate inference, fairly arising from the evidence in favor of the party for whom the verdict was returned, must be considered, and those facts, which the jury might properly find under the evidence, must be assumed as true.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 W. Va. 77 - Kane v. Corning Glass Works · 242 W. Va. 81 - Robert Smith, Administrator v. Carolyn Clark, M.D. and Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc.

3. ““Where a motion for a directed verdict is made by a party at the trial of a case, all reasonable doubts and inferences should be resolved in favor of the party against whom the verdict is asked to be directed and the court must assume as true those facts which the jury may properly find from the evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 W. Va. 785 - Prager v. Meckling