Wynn v. Coney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under the law of this state, and in accordance with the general rule, where the writing containing or constituting the primary evidence of the fact to be proved is satisfactorily shqwn to have been lost or destroyed without the fault of the party desiring to- prove the fact, secondary evidence becomes admissible.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Fields · Vaught v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

2. ““The original of a document is, of course, the best evidence as to its coptents, and before the receipt of secondary evidence can be required, it is necessary for the party offering the evidence to make certain preliminary proof to establish the necessity and propriety of the receipt of the secondary evidence in place of the original document; and while the sufficiency of this preliminary propf does not rest in the uncontrolled discretion of the trial judge, as statements in some of the cases seem to imply, yet at least some if not a large measure of discretion in this respect necessarily is vested in the trial judge. (Citing cases). Obviously, there also must be some proof tending to show the former existence and execution of the original instrument. (Citing cases).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vaught v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance