State v. Helvey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It may be safely said that no two tracts of land are exactly alike * * * We do not understand that it is required that two tracts of land must have identical value to be comparable. If such were the law, for all practical purposes, it would be difficult to prove the value of the land by the sale of other property, no matter how similar they might be, because very few tracts have identical values, there always being some facts making one tract of land a little more or a little less desirable or valuable than the adjoining property. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Houston v. Wisnoski

2. ““It may safely be said that no two tracts of land are exactly alike. The question of whether or not they are sufficiently similar to afford a fair and reasonable basis for consideration, or shedding light on the value of the land in question, is a matter within the sound discretion of the Trial Court.” Also see Melton v. State, supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Texas Power & Light Company v. Adams