Lowe v. Irvin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In giving consideration to the assignment of error in this case it was the duty of the Trial Court, and it is the duty of this Court, to examine the whole record and the rule of law governing the inferences to be drawn therefrom as stated in many of our cases. In Spence v. Carne, 40 Tenn.App. 580, 590 , 292 S.W.2d 438, 442 , the rule is restated, as had been announced in some of the cases supporting same, as follows: “ ‘Upon the motion for directed verdict, and in the examination of the record to determine if there is any evidence to support a verdict it is our duty to consider only the facts proven in support of the party against whom such contention is made, and all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, disregarding all countervailing evidence, and if there is any competent evidence about which the minds of reasonable men could disagree, it is proper to overrule such assignments of error. It is only necessary to refer to the cases of D. M. Rose & Co. v. Snyder, 185 Tenn. 499 , 206 S.W.2d 897 ; Colonial Baking Co. v. Acquino, 20 Tenn.App. 695 , 103 S.W.2d 613 and Monday v. Millsaps, 37 Tenn.App. 371 , 264 S.W.2d 6, 14 ; McMahan v. Tucker, 31 Tenn.App. 429 , 216 S.W.2d 356, 360 ; Tennessee Central Ry. Co. v. McCowan, 28 Tenn.App. 225 , 188 S.W.2d 931 .’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Drinnon v. Smith