Pelphrey v. Pelphrey’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1949
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on George v. George · Purcell v. Purcell · Hodgen v. Hodgen · Gans v. Gans · Coleman v. Coleman
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“11 rxgHt to maintain a suit for alimony is founded on the duty of a husband to maintain his wife, and such a suit affords a means by which she can require the husband to discharge his legal obligation without affecting in any way the marital status. George v. George, 190 Ky. 706 , 228 S. W. 408 , 39 A. L. R. 700. The evidence clearly was not sufficient to justify a divorce, hut that does not prevent recovery of alimony.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Huffman v. Huffman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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