38 N.C. App. 686 - Godwin v. Tew’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batten v. . Aycock · 2 N.C. App. 553 - Smith v. Dean · Gurganus v. GUARANTY BANK & TRUST COMPANY
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When the door is thus opened for the adverse party, it is only opened to the extent that he may testify as to the transaction about which he was cross-examined.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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