Davis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In conflicts between the two depositions (husband and wife) hers must be deemed of gueater weight, because he seeks to obtain a divorce by his own testimony, and she attempts to defeat it by hers. He must establish alleged causes of divorce by corroborating evidence. In getting at the truth in relation to private scenes, quarrels and injuries between husband and wife, unwitnessed by others, it may be well to admit the testimony of the parties in divorce cases, but, because of the rule, founded on public policy, that a divorce will not be granted upon the unsupported testimony of the party seeking it, it necessarily follows that the greater weight must be given to the party opposing it, where their depositions conflict.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bell v. Bell

2. ““Divorces are not granted upon the uncorroborated testimony of the parties and their admission of the truth of the matters alleged as grounds therefor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bell v. Bell