Wallis v. Wallis’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 263 - Burnside v. Burnside · 178 W. Va. 781 - Roig v. Roig · 183 W. Va. 247 - Nutter Ex Rel. Mullins v. Maynard · 178 W. Va. 23 - Hamstead v. Hamstead · Levy v. Scottish Union & National Insurance
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.
““ ‘It is well settled as a general rule that the question of continuance is in the sound discretion of the trial court, which will not be reviewed by the appellate court, except in ease it clearly appears that such discretion has been abused.’ Syl. Pt. 1, Levy v. Scottish Union & National Ins. Co., 58 W.Va. 546 , 52 S.E. 449 (1905).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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