Curry v. Shears’s Empirical Analysis

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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. ““Defendant’s exceptions to the findings were not filed within four days as required by this rule (45). This precludes us from considering whether the findings are against the clear weight of the evidence as is required, when exceptions are properly taken, by sections 14 and 15 of chapter 18 of the judicature act (3 Comp. Laws 1915, §§ 12586, 12587). The only question therefore open to us to review is whether the findings of fact support the judgment. Rameau v. Valley, 168 Mich. 569 . See, also, Simon v. Zarevich, 213 Mich. 662 , and cases therein cited.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gervickes v. Royal Exchange Assurance Co.

2. ““Section 3. Within four days after the filing of such completed finding (or such other time as may be allowed by the court), any party aggrieved may briefly, in writing, allege exceptions to the matters of law embodied in such finding, and such exceptions shall thereafter be put in form and settled in the same bill, which may contain the exceptions taken during the trial, and in the same manner with bills of exceptions in other eases.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alba Marketing Ass'n v. Antrim Circuit Judge