Larimore v. Howell’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. ““When it appears from the face of the pleadings that either side is entitled to a judgment thereon, then the party so entitled may have a judgment notwithstanding the verdict; and on appeal to this court in such case, there need be no motion for new trial filed in the lower court ;• because the question presented here is one based entirely on the record, i. e., the pleadings. “But when the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is asked because of matters claimed to appear in the evidence — as distinct from the pleadings — then the party who seeks to invoke the jurisdiction of this court must first have filed a motion for new trial in the lower court.” (Italics now added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Ashabranner