59 Tenn. App. 678 - Canning v. Canning’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““On cross examination complainant admitted that he had known Jean Lovett since about 1950, and that he and Jean Lovett were living together as man and wife in Memphis, Tennessee, and that they had bought the property as husband and wife; that he later conveyed to her his interest in the property using the name Jean L. Canning; that he listed her as an exemption on his income tax return as his wife and that he was living with her at the time of the trial. Also he admitted that he had been going out with the said Jean Lovett even before he separated from his wife in 1951 and that after the separation they shared an apartment in New York and that she came to Memphis with him in 1957 and that they had lived together in Memphis since 1957.” 59 Tenn.App., pp. 684, 685, 443 S.W.2d, p. 505.”

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

2. ““(1) That the husband or wife is guilty of such cruel and inhuman treatment or conduct towards the spouse as renders cohabitation unsafe and improper. “(2) That the husband has offered such indignities to the wife’s person as to render her condition intolerable, and thereby forced her to withdraw. “(3) That he has abandoned her, or turned her out of doors, and refused or neglected to provide for her.””

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

3. ““If the cause assigned for a divorce be any of those specified in § 36-802, the defendant may make defense by alleging and proving the ill conduct of the complainant as a justifiable cause for the conduct complained of. and on making out the defense to the satisfaction of the court, the bill may be dismissed with or without costs, in the discretion of the court.” (Underscoring added.)”

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