Wilson v. Combs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “However, in March 1940, Eunice moved away and thereafter contributed little, if anything, to the support of her mother, other than the use of said premises, therefore, there was at least a partial failure of consideration. But, this Court has repeatedly held that failure to support in accordance with a promise in a deed is not sufficient ground for cancellation of the deed. Dixon v. Milling Co., 102 Miss. 449 , 59 So. 804 , 43 L.R.A.,N.S., 916; Lee v. McMorries, 107 Miss. 889 , 66 So. 278 , L.R.A. 1915B, 1069 ; Lowrey v. Lowrey, 111 Miss. 153 , 71 So. 309 ; Wynn v. Kendall, 122 Miss. 809 , 85 So. 85 ; Batson v. Draughon, Miss., 10 So.2d 450 ; Suggestion of Error Overruled, 11 So.2d 203 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Leggett v. Graham