Womble v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““'[T]he allowing or refusing an amendment' to- pleadings is- within the sound discretion of the Court and will nót-bh reversed unless that discretion is abused; such discretion has -been seldom adversely reviewed-, on appeals; and it will be presumed-that allowing or .refusing*, .an amendment .was done in the exercise of legal .discretion, in the abseij.ce of- a showing to the contrary.” Womble v. Walker, 216 Tenn. 27, 36 , 390 S.W.2d 208, 212 (1965).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 57 Tenn. App. 570 - Cleveland Wrecking Company v. Butler · 58 Tenn. App. 177 - Yellow Cab, Inc. of Morristown v. York

2. ““Trial judges have a broad discretion in matters of amendment. State ex rel. Chanaberry v. Stookesbury, 176 Tenn. 687 , 145 S.W.2d 775 . The matter of allowing amendments under our statutes is within the discretion of the Court and these amendments may be allowed at any stage in the proceedings before a case is finally submitted to the jury or at any time before judgment. Hunt v. Foley, 9 Tenn.App. 96 .” 212 Tenn. at 462 , 370 S.W.2d at 522 . See also Womble v. Walker, 216 Tenn. 27 , 390 S.W.2d 208, 211 , and T.C.A. 20-1505.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 58 Tenn. App. 177 - Yellow Cab, Inc. of Morristown v. York