Elam v. Barrett’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1969
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Masten v. Masten · Houston Electric Co. v. Potter · Oilmen's Reciprocal Ass'n v. Hayes
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.
““The defense of the statute of frauds must be interposed by special exception or by special plea or by objection to the testimony. This, the appellant failed to do. Rule 94 * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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