Wray v. Garrett’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently March 1979
18 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 Enders v. Longmire · Fisher v. Fiske · Standard Accident Ins. Co. v. Baker · Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Foltz · American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Bennett
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The facts in this connection are as follows: The accident occurred at 9:30 in the morning on a bridge. Charles I. Garrett was left on the floor of the bridge where he had been thrown for about forty-five minutes, during which time he conversed with bystanders, and in answer to questions, told his name and where he was from. Several times he asked to be moved to relieve the pain in his back. Thereafter, he was taken in an ambulance about ten miles to a hospital where he talked with his daughter and where he was given first aid treatment to relieve his pain. While he was in the hospital, about three hours after the accident, he was asked the cause of the accident, and in reply, made the statement objected to, that is, that `the fellow would not give him time to get across the bridge', and `that guy saw me coming and wouldn't wait until I got off'. "The evidence is that at the time he was making these statements he was either conscious or semi-conscious. It is not contended that he was totally unconscious and there is no evidence that his semi-consciousness was of such extent that he could not comprehend what had happened. "We think it clear from the undisputed evidence that the statement was not made while Garrett was still under the dominating influence of shock and excitement, but rather it was simply a narration of past events, deliberately made in answer to a question propounded."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"However, it is settled that an action against two or more defendants jointly liable may be maintained against such defendants in any county that is proper venue for any one of the defendants. Section 117, O.S. 1931, 12 Okl.St.Ann. § 139; Section 167, O.S. 1931, 12 Okl.St.Ann. § 154."”
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.