Johnston v. Susman’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1973
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ginsberg v. Peoples Bank · Roan v. Union Central Life Insurance · Ross v. Durrence
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.
“Except as to the transactions expressly inhibited by statute, a married woman may deal with her property as freely as a man may deal with his. It is by no means true that she is forbidden to utilize her estate for her husband’s benefit.” Code Ann. § 53-503 as it presently stands (with the amendatory addition in italics) reads as follows:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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