Leonard v. Maxwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Parties may amend their pleadings, file suggestions of death and make representative parties, and file such other pleas as they may desire by filing such pleas with the clerk at such time as not to operate as a surprise to the opposite party; provided, that any amendment offered for filing within seven days of the date of trial or thereafter, or after such time as may be ordered by the judge under Rule 166, shall be filed only after leave of the judge is obtained, which leave shall be granted by the judge unless there is a showing that such amendment will operate as a surprise to the opposite party.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Couder v. Gomez

2. ““1. Plaintiffs deny the allegation contained in defendant’s plea of privilege that no exceptions to exclusive venue in the county of one’s residence provided by law exist in such case and plaintiffs say that in truth and in fact an exception to exclusive venue in the county of one’s residence does exist. “2. Plaintiffs allege that the allegations contained in their original petition on file herein are true and correct, and that plaintiffs are entitled to bring this suit in Travis County against the defendant, John S. Leonard, Jr., under Section 9a of Article 1995, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Maxwell

3. ““It is also the law that amendments of pleadings are mandatorily permissible when tendered to meet exceptions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Reed