31 Ala. App. 399 - Cotton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
May 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Rathbone · State v. Burk · Cook v. State · Thompson v. State
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There the Supreme Court of Montana laid down the rules which we borrow and adopt, that before the defendant can resort to force in protecting his property from wild animals, (1) he must have exhausted all other remedies provided by law; (2) the use of such force must be reasonably necessary and suitable to protect his property; and (3) he must use only such force and means as a reasonably prudent man would use under like circumstances.” Cotton, supra.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Legal justification may always be interposed as a defense by a person charged with killing a wild animal contrary to law. Hence the killing of game protected by the statute or regulations is not prevented by them when reasonably necessary for the protection of person or property * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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