23 Tenn. App. 100 - Morgan v. Treadwell’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
April 1981
most recently cited
6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““One is not guilty of contributory negligence in exposing himself to danger of injury in order to rescue another from imminent danger of personal injury or death, if, under the same or similar circumstances, an ordinarily prudent person might have so exposed himself.” 23 Tenn. App. at 104 , 128 S.W.2d at 890 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ruth v. Ruth
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.