Hall v. Whitfield’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 1962
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ezzell v. First Nat. Bank of Russellville · Taylor v. Crook · Mitchell v. Parker · Jones v. Dawson · Alexander v. Bates
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The bill was subsequently amended without correcting this defect, and if the bill was otherwise sufficient, appellants are in no position to complain that they were not permitted to further amend their bill. Ezzell v. First National Bank of Russellville, 218 Ala. 462 , 119 So. 2 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Denson v. Foote
How this case has been treated — in progress
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