Corum v. Comer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As a general rule, evidence, to be admissible, must have some bearing on the issues involved. It must tend to prove or disprove some fact material to the cause of action alleged, or to the defense interposed. This is so for very sound reason. ‘. . . such facts and circumstances as raise only a conjecture or suspicion ought not to be allowed to distract the attention of juries from material matters.’ Pettiford v. Mayo, 117 N.C. 27 , 23 S.E. 252 . ‘All the authorities are agreed that if the evidence is merely conjectural or is remote, or has no tendency except to excite prejudice, it should be rejected, because the reception of such evidence would unduly prolong the trial of causes, and would probably confuse and mislead the jury, . . .’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 4 N.C. App. 43 - Clayton Ex Rel. Carter v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

2. ““The question is the negligence of the offending party at the time and place of the accident. It does not necessarily follow that a defendant is negligent at a particular time and place because he was negligent at some other place and at a different time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reeves v. Hill