Chalmers v. Womack’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
60 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Murrow v. Daniels (1988), 68 N.C. App. 252 - Wiseman v. Wiseman (1984)
60 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 Linkous v. Millner · Kearney v. . Thomas · Morris v. Tate · Rudd Ex Rel. Rudd v. Stewart · Wesley Ex Rel. Wesley v. Lea
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he issues will not be held for error if they are sufficiently comprehensive to resolve all factual controversies and to enable the court to render judgment fully determining the cause. (Citations omitted.)”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘ “A second or subsequent marriage is presumed legal until the contrary be proved, and he who asserts its illegality must prove it. In such case the presumption of innocence and morality prevail over the presumption of the continuance of the first or former marriage.” ... (I)t is always for the jury where the demand is for an affirmative finding in favor of the party having the burden, even though the evidence may be uncontradicted. . . . Moreover, proof of the second marriage adduced by the defendant, if sufficient to establish it before the jury, raises a presumption of its validity, upon which property rights growing out of its validity must be based.’ ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The first issue reads: Have the obligations of . . . [Defendant under the Guaranty Agreement dated October 2, 1992, expired. . . . [Defendant acknowledges signing the Guaranty Agreement and assuming the corporate obligations set forth in the guaranty. However, . . . [Defendant contends and . . . [Plaintiff denies that her obligation expired upon ... [P]laintiff’s sale of the preferred stock or . . . [Pjlaintiff failed to give proper notice to . . . [Defendant. On this issue . . . [Defendant has the burden of proof. This means that . . . [Defendant must prove by the greater weight of the evidence that her guaranty expired upon the sale of preferred stock or that . . . [P]laintiff failed to give proper notice to . . . [Defendant. Finally, as to this first issue on which . . . [Defendant has the burden of proof, if you find by the greater weight of the evidence that the guaranty expired upon the sale of the preferred stock or that . . . [P]laintiff failed to give proper notice to ... [Defendant, it would be your duty to answer this issue yes in favor of . . . [Defendant. If you fail to so find, it would be your duty to answer this issue no in favor of . . . [P]laintiff. If you answer Issue 1 no, you shall proceed to answer Issue 2. If you answer Issue 1 yes, this is your verdict, do not answer Issue 2.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.