Allgood v. Bains’s Empirical Analysis

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18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * No universal rule in regard to multifariousness can be laid down to cover all possible cases. It is largely a matter of discretion, and every case must, in a measure, be controlled by what is convenient and equitable under its own particular facts, subject to the recognized principles of equity jurisprudence. Ford v. Bor- ders, 200 Ala. 70 , 75 So. 398 ; City of Carbon Hill v. Merchants Bank & Trust Company, 237 Ala. 55 , 185 So. 387 . As was stated in Adams v. Jones, 68 Ala. 117, 119 . ‘And it is always 'proper to exercise this discretion in such manner as to discourage future litigation about the same subject-matter, and prevent a multiplicity of suits, and never so as to do plain violence to the maxim that courts of equity “delight to do. justice, and not by halves.” ’ * * * * . * * “It is also weli established that it is not necessary that all parties to the bill should have an interest in all of the matters in controversy but it is sufficient if each defendant has an interest in some of the matters involved and they are connected with the others. Littleton v. Littleton, supra ( 238 Ala. 40 , 188 So. 902 ); Truss v. Miller, 116 Ala. 494 , 22 So. 863 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Goodwyn v. Jones · Hill v. Rice