Isreal v. Guy’s Empirical Analysis

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17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is, of course, well settled that an appeal as a matter of right lies only from a judgment which is final as to the party appealing. It is plain, also, that the application of Code, sec. 9038, (T.C.A. sec. 27-305) authorizing discretionary appeals from interlocutory decrees, is limited to equity eases, and cannot be invoked in an action for tort. This appears on the face of this statute, and see Payne v. Satterfield, 114 Tenn. 58 , 84 S.W. 800 . “Moreover, not even a discretionary appeal, otherwise authorized under section 9038, lies from a judgment or decree sustaining a demurrer and dismissing as to one or more of the defendants and leaving the case undis-posed of in the trial court as to others.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hart v. Pitts

2. ““An appeal, as a matter of right, lies only from a final decree or judgment, and a final decree * * * is one which decides and disposes of the whole merits of the case.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. McMinn County