Barron v. Oden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No suit to enforce plaintiffs’ claims was brought against decedents prior to their deaths. Hence for parol evidence to be received, one of the four requirements listed under the quoted statute must have been satisfied. There is nothing in the record to indicate that any of these requirements were satisfied and since the suit was filed more than one year after the succession was opened, which act necessarily took place after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Barron, the trial judge was eminently correct in refusing to allow the introduction of parol evidence....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rachal v. Charrier