Fitzgerald v. Wellington’s Empirical Analysis
1887
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1915
most recently cited
1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When any appeal shall be dismissed, or when judgment shall be entered in the district court against the appellant, the surety in the undertaking shall be liable to the appellee for the whole amount of the debt, costs and damages recovered against the' appellant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““* * * If the appeal be dismissed the cause shall be remanded to the justice of the peace, to be thereafter proceeded in as if no appeal had been taken. * * . *””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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