Wells v. Oliver’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 1943
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kerr v. Hayes · Richardson v. Williams · Halzle v. Hargreaves · Scurlock v. Peglow · Decoopman v. Hammond
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That doctrine [subsequent negligence] requires confession of negligence on the part of a plaintiff and discovery thereof by a defendant in time and with ability to avoid injury and failure to do so.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gallagher v. Walter
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.