State v. Formby’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1944
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Watkins v. Purnell · Commercial Warehouse v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If appellant could obtain a license for a 2%-ton truck and then haul 5 or 6 ton loads, it would escape the payment of the higher license fee required by law for such loads. The object of the lawmakers seems to have been to require the payment of license fees in proportion to the load capacity of the vehicles, because the heavier the load, the more the damage is to the highways over which it operates. Therefore, if appellant wishes to operate its truck on a 2%-ton license, it should limit its load to 2y2 tons. If it wishes to have a greater tonnage, then it should get a license covering the greater load. It would not be thought proper to operate a Cadillac automobile with a Ford license, yet the same principle is involved.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Robbins
How this case has been treated — in progress
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