Rifkin v. Overbey’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McAfee v. Travis Gas Corp. · Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. State · Taylor, Bastrop & Houston Railway Co. v. Warner · Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. State · Ochoa v. Winerich Motor Sales Co.
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.
““A plea in abatement should not only show the grounds upon which the suit should be abated, but should also give the plaintiff a better writ; that is, it should not only show that the suit is improperly brought, but also how it should have been brought. ... A pleading should always state facts, and not conclusions of law, and a plea in abatement, which sets up a nonjoinder of parties defendant should show definitely and specifically the nature and extent of the interest of such person who is claimed to be a necessary party.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sud v. Morris
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.