Morgan County v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently September 1987 · most notably Kennedy v. State (1973), St. Clair County v. Bukacek (1961)
71 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Cobb v. Malone · Smith v. Smith · Southern Railway Co. v. Kirsch · Alabama Power Co. v. Thompson · Thornton v. City of Birmingham
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * A determination that an erroneous charge has been given does not carry with it an automatic reversal. It is only when the error complained of ‘has probably injuriously affected substantial rights of the parties’ that we are authorized to reverse; and this is to be determined ‘after an examination of the entire cause’. Code 1940, Tit. 7, Appendix, Supreme Court Rule 45. We have considered, in consultation, the entire cause and have concluded that the giving of charge 2 has not ‘probably injuriously affected substantial rights’ of the appellant. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The final inquiry as to the compensation to be awarded, if any, is the difference between the value of the entire tract immediately before the taking and the value of the part of the tract remaining after the taking, giving effect to any enhancement in value of the part remaining resulting from the construction of the road. If the part remaining is worth as much as or more after completion of the project than the entire tract was worth immediately before the taking, the landowner has sustained no damage and is not entitled to any compensation.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““It is recognized by this court that when the presiding judge refuses, as here, to grant a new trial, the presumption in favor of the correctness of the verdict is strengthened.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.