Williams v. Sager’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
October 1953
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flater v. Fey · Ella v. Boyce · Howey v. Fisher · Howey v. Fisher
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether defendant rightfully or wrongfully made the excavation in the public highway, he was liable for an omission to properly guard and protect the public against injury, and his duty to the plaintiff in that regard could neither be increased nor diminished by his promise to the city.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.