167 W. Va. 704 - Spence v. Spence’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 151 W. Va. 439 - South Side Lumber Co. v. Stone Construction Co. · 156 W. Va. 351 - Commonwealth Tire Co. v. Tri-State Tire Co. · 158 W. Va. 170 - Peoples Bank of Point Pleasant v. Pied Piper Retreat, Inc. · 156 W. Va. 521 - National Grange Mutual Insurance v. Wyoming County Insurance Agency, Inc. · Norman v. Norman
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Rule 52(a) mandatorily requires the trial court, in all actions tried upon the facts without a jury, to find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon before the entry of judgment. The failure to do so constitutes neglect of duty on the part of the trial court, and if it appears on appeal that the rule has not been complied with, the case may be remanded for compliance.' Point 1 Syllabus, Commonwealth Tire Company v. Tri-State Tire Company, [ 156 W.Va. 351 ], 193 S.E.2d 544 [(1972)].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.