Boling v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) A lawyer can testify if the testimony relates solely to an uncontested matter; (2) A lawyer can testify to the nature and value of legal services rendered in the case by the lawyer or his firm to the client; (3) A lawyer can testify if refusal would work a substantial hardship on the client because of the distinctive value of the lawyer or his firm as counsel in the particular case.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 4 Ark. App. 135 - Ford v. State · Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Broadway Arms Corp.

2. “To constitute a valid gift inter vivos there must be an actual delivery of the subject matter of the gift to the donee with a clear intent to make an immediate, unconditional and final gift beyond recall, accompanied by an unconditional release by the donor of all future dominion and control over the property so delivered. All of the elements of the completed inter vivos gift must be proved by clear and convincing evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 57 Ark. App. 179 - Estate of Sabbs v. Cole · Plant v. Plant

3. “... a delivery for safekeeping or for any purpose, either express or implied, other than a specific intent to part with all right, title and interest in, and all dominion and control over the certificates would not constitute a gift. Boling, supra, at 17 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adkins v. Hughes · Gibson v. Boling