Johnston v. . Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently October 1969
4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is urged for error that in enumerating the elements of damage 'loss of his assistance’ was included, without limiting such future loss, if any, to its present worth or present cash value. Lamont v. Hospital, 206 N.C., 111 , 173 S.E., 46 . Without making definite ruling upon this point it is sufficient to say that no reference is made in the court’s charge to any future loss of assistance. Murphy v. Lbr. Co., 186 N.C., 746 , 120 S.E., 342 . It is established by the authorities that loss of support, if shown to be of value, is a proper element of damages in a case of this kind.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.