Campbell v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the former opinion we held that as the original judgment awardel appellee the occupancy and benefit of the house in question ‘for the present’ and 'for the benefit of’ herself and child, and that as the record showed that np to the time of the supplemental proceedings she had not occupied the house as a home for herself and 'child, for which purpose we said the provision of the original judgment was made, the supplemental judgment, which permitted her to continue in the use, possession, and control of this house, with power to rent and lease the same, could not be upheld. It is now suggested that the reason appellee did not occupy this house as a home for herself and child was because of the fact that the appellant and his father had been contumacious in complying with that part of the original judgment which awarded to her the custody of their boy, and that as they had by every means in their power thwarted her efforts to regain and keep the custody of the boy, they should not now be allowed to take advantage of their own wrong. We think this position is well taken. . . . He who seeks equity must do equity. Therefore, until the appellant returns' or sees that the possession of the boy is returned to the appellee and can show to the court that he is in good faith abiding by that part of the judgment of the court relating to the custody of the child, he should not be allowed to raise the question of the possession of the house. The judgment of the lower court, however, did”

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