Bush v. Bush’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The admission of evidence under a defective allegation, without objection, will generally operate as a waiver of the defects; and the same rule has been applied where the complaint omits some fact essential to a cause of action, but which might be supplied by amendment, although there is authority to the contrary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sutton v. Otis Elevator Co.

2. ““The material facts to be alleged are plaintiff’s ownership, either general or special, of the property, describing it, his right to its immediate possession, and the wrongful taking or detention thereof by defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pulsipher v. Chinn