Mizell v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2002
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Goodrum v. Merchants & Planters Bank · Kindrick, Curator v. Capps · Sewell v. Umsted · Hicks, Special Admx. v. Rankin · Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Railroad Commission
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.
“Courts of equity do not grant the high remedy of reformation upon a probability, nor even upon a mere preponderance of the evidence, but only upon a certainty of the error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must be clear and convincing before reformation is justified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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