39 Tenn. App. 99 - Humphreys v. Humphreys’s Empirical Analysis

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42 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Dismissing a bill at the close of plaintiff’s case, before defendant presents or rests Ms case, is not correct practice in equity, in the absence of express provisions to the contrary. The case being set down for hearing on the bill, answer and proof, if defendant is willing to risk his case on plaintiff’s proof or rather the failure of plaintiff to prove his case, he should submit the case to the court for final hearing, and if he is not so satisfied, he should present what proof he desires or may be able to present.” Sec. 579, p. 972.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hon v. Varnell

2. ““The disposition made by this Court of the instant case will not affect, in any way, the $2,000 attorneys’ fees allowed by the Circuit Court to the attorneys for the defendant and cross complainant. Attorneys’ fees in divorce cases are treated as part of the alimony. Shy v. Shy, 54 Tenn. 125 ; Winslow v. Winslow, 133 Tenn. 663 , 182 S.W. 241 , Ann.Cas. 1917A, 245. “The $2,000 attorneys’ fees, heretofore allowed, to the attorneys for Mrs. Hum-phreys may properly be treated as alimony pendente lite.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. Coleman

3. ““The trial judge should either have refused to entertain the motion for dismissal made at the end of complainant’s proof, or, having entertained same and over-ruled it, he should have, thereafter, refused to permit the defendant to offer any proof.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hon v. Varnell