Engle v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
April 1950
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hunt v. Smith · Franklin Fluorspar Company v. Hosick · Elliott v. Leslie · Thompson v. Tyrie · Payne v. Edwards
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ As to the sufficiency of the petition, Engle alleged that he was the owner of the land in dispute and entitled to its possession and that Walters was wrongfully withholding possession. It was not necessary for him to plead the source of his title. Whitaker v. Million, 270 Ky. 708 , 110 S. W. (2d) 653 , and cases cited therein.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pennington v. Anglin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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