Barstow v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
May 1986
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pasadena State Bank v. Isaac · Isbell v. Kenyon-Warner Dredging Co. · Magee Heirs v. Slack · Foley Bros. Dry Goods Co. v. Settegast · McConnico v. Texas Power & Light 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The owner of property can testify as to his opinion of the value of such property though he may be unable to qualify himself as such a witness to like property belonging to another. Hillin v. Hagler, 286 S.W.2d 661 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1956, no writ); 3 Wig-more, Evidence, § 716, p. 48 (1940). This Court in Cortez v. Mascarro, 412 S.W.2d 342 (1967, no writ), said: ‘The general rule is that anyone familiar with the value of the thing in question is competent to give his opinion as to value. In the absence of a request for voir dire examination, the competency of the witness is established by his statement that he knows the value of the article in question. 2 McCormick, Texas Law of Evidence, § 1422, p. 260 (1956). The strength or weakness of the qualifications of the witness is merely a factor to be considered in weighing his testimony. Johnson v. Egert, 233 S.W.2d 958 (Tex.Civ.App.—1950, writ ref’d n. r. e.).’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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