Davis v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. ““When the complainant amends his hill in a material matter, as was done in this case, the defendant may plead, answer, or demur to the same as if it were an original hill, no matter what may have heen the state of the pleadings before the amendment was made. 1 Daniell, Ch. Pl. & Prac. (5th Ed.) p. 409; 1 Barb. Ch. Prac. p. 224; Bancroft v. Wardour, 2 Brown. Ch. 66; Bosanquet v. Marsham, 4 Sim. 573; Cresy v. Bevan, 13 Sim. 354; Dillon v. Davis, 3 Tenn. Ch. 386. The authorities generally concur in the declaration that any amendment of a bill after answer authorizes the defendant, though not required to answer, to put in an answer making an entire new defense, and contradicting his original answer, if he desires to do so. Id., and Insurance Co. v. Jenkins, 8 Paige, 589; Richardson v. Richardson, 5 Paige, 58; Miller v. Whittaker, 33 Ill. 387 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nelson v. Eaton