Solley v. Weaver’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “■ “We have held in many cases that every ground of appeal ought to be so distinctly stated that the Court may at once see the point which it is called upon to decide without having to ‘grope in the dark’ to ascertain the precise point at issue. The object of an exception is to present some distinct principle or question of law which the appellant claims to have been violated by the Court in the trial of the case from which 'the appeal is taken, and to present it in such form that it may be properly reviewed. Hewitt v. Reserve Life Ins. Co., 235 S. C. 201, 110 S. E. (2d) 852 ; Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. McElmurray, 236 S. C. 141, 113 S. E. (2d) 756 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams Ex Rel. Estate of Williams v. Regula

2. “; “Each exception must contain a concise statement of one proposition of law or fact which this. Court is. asked to review,/and the same • assignment of error should not be repeated. Each exception must contain within itself a complete assignment of error, * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams Ex Rel. Estate of Williams v. Regula