Dalton v. Dalton’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
March 1967
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shehan v. Shehan · Kelly v. Kelly · Emery v. Emery
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In allowing alimony there is no fixed standard. The matter is within the sound discretion of the chancellor and is to be regulated by a number of circumstances that properly enter into the consideration, such as the size of the husband’s estate, its productiveness, his income and earning capacity, his age, health and ability to labor, the age, health and ability of the wife to earn something and the particular cause for which the divorce was granted the wife.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Jones
How this case has been treated — in progress
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