a!. v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Based upon this statutory rule, the principle is well established in the jurisprudence of this State that the owner of an animal is responsible for damage which it causes if there is any proof of negligence, however slight, on the owner's part. Moreover, where an animal has been a cause of damage, the burden rests upon the owner to exculpate himself of even the slightest degree of negligence."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fall v. Manuel · 223 So. 2d 204 - Braswell v. Central Mutual Insurance

2. ““From a casual reading of the above codal article (2321 C.C.) one might conclude that the law imposes upon the owner of domestic animals the absolute duty to keep them contained within his own premises and that his failure to do so would impose strict liability for any damages caused by such failure. However, our courts have consistently interpreted this article to hold the owner of an animal answerable for damages caused by it only in instances where the owner is guilty of some fault or negligence in his ownership or possession of the animal. The reason for this rule is that Article 2321 is merely an amplification of Article 2315 which declares that every act of man which causes damage to another obligates him by whose fault it happened to repair it. The controlling word in Article 2315 is ‘fault.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 So. 2d 204 - Braswell v. Central Mutual Insurance

3. “"Therefore, the issue before us is narrowed to whether there has been proof of negligence, however slight, against the owner of the cows in allowing them to escape from his enclosed pasture. On this question, we conclude such proof has been made. Several specific acts of negligence were proved, such as allowing staples from the barbed wire to become loosened in several places, which might have permitted a cow to escape between the wires. It was also shown that some of the creosote posts were leaning to such an extent that a cow could possibly escape and further, any one of the gates to the enclosure, which were fastened but not locked, could have been opened by third persons and the cattle allowed to escape."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 304 So. 2d 825 - Schexnider v. Allstate Insurance Company