Nail v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Willis v. Lyman, Sears & Co. · Cherryhomes v. Carter · Spencer v. Davis · Evans v. Lawson, Smith & Co. · Perrill & Fox v. Runge
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“• the defendant is justly indebted to the plaintiff; • the attachment is not sought to injure or harass the defendant; • the plaintiff will probably lose his debt unless the writ of attachment is issued; and • specific grounds for the writ exist under section 61.002 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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