Young v. . Young’s Empirical Analysis

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49 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Separation, as this word is used in the divorce statutes, implies living apart for the entire period in such manner that those who come in contact with them may see that the husband and wife are not living together. For the purpose of obtaining a divorce under . . . G.S., 50-6, separation may not be predicated upon evidence which shows that during the period the parties have held themselves out as husband and wife living together, nor when the association between them has been of such character as to induce others who observe them to regard them as living together in the ordinary acceptation of that descriptive phrase.” Young v. Young, 225 N.C. at 344 , 34 S.E. 2d at 157 .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 88 N.C. App. 297 - Hall v. Hall · 36 N.C. App. 635 - Tuttle v. Tuttle

2. “In an action for divorce the affidavit required by the statute in connection with the complaint is jurisdictional, G.S. § 50-8, and a complaint accompanied by a false statutory affidavit, if it be properly so found, would be regarded as insufficient to empower the court to grant a decree of divorce; and the correct procedure for relief against the judgment is by motion in the cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carpenter v. Carpenter