189 W. Va. 174 - Yeager v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 148 W. Va. 380 - Hatten v. Mason Realty Company · 138 W. Va. 639 - Matthews v. Cumberland & Allegheny Gas Co. · 149 W. Va. 166 - Roberts Ex Rel. Roberts v. Gale · 143 W. Va. 250 - Jenkins v. Chatterton · 161 W. Va. 769 - Jividen v. Legg
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.
“‘ “ ‘Upon a motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, every reasonable and legitimate inference fairly arising from the testimony, when considered in its entirety, must be indulged in favorably to plaintiff; and the court must assume as true those facts which the jury may properly find under the evidence.’ Syllabus, Nichols v. Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co., 112 W.Va. 85 , 163 S.E. 767 (1932).” Point 1, Syllabus, Jenkins v. Chatterton, 143 W.Va. 250 , 100 S.E.2d 808 (1957).’ Syl. pt. 1, Jividen v. Legg, 161 W.Va. 769 , 245 S.E.2d 835 (1978).”
2 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.