Catron v. Craw’s Empirical Analysis
1896
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently January 2007
14 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 Parker v. Orr · Kingery v. Berry · Hodge v. Linn
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Section 113 of the election law provides that ‘the person desiring to contest such election shall, within thirty days after the person, whose election is contested, is declared elected, file with the clerk of the proper court a statement in writing, setting forth the points on which he will contest the election, which statement shall be verified by affidavit in the same manner as bills in chancery may be verified.’ . . . Now, one of the points on which the appellee relies in his statement or petition is that a correct count of the ballots would show his election; and that, in order to determine the contest, the ballots should be produced, and a recount of them should be made. In view of these allegations in the petition, we are unable to see why it was not proper to admit the ballots for what they were worth, to be considered in connection with other evidence produced. For the error in refusing to admit the ballots, the judgment of the county court is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court for further proceedings in accordance with the views herein expressed. Reversed and remanded.” (p. 31.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Free v. Wood““ ‘In all cases of contested elections the parties contesting the same shall have the right to have said ballots- opened and to have all errors of the judges in counting or refusing to count any ballot corrected by the court or body trying such contest; but such ballots shall be opened only in open court, or in open session of such body, and in the presence of the officer having the custody thereof.’ ” (p. 28.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Free v. Wood““In view of this positive language of the statute, the ballots should not always be excluded merely because they cannot be regarded as the best evidence, or as controlling evidence, in determining the result of the election.” (p. 28.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Free v. Wood
How this case has been treated — in progress
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