Warner v. Maddox’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 4 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Inasmuch as the statute contains no express provision for service upon a personal representative, and as the statute must be strictly construed and not extended by implication, it is my conclusion that the motion of the personal representative here to quash the service must be granted and the complaint dismissed as to him. “So far as I know, this question has never been presented to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. However, there are decisions from other jurisdictions sustaining the position which I take, and none to the contrary have been cited to me nor do I find any. State ex rel. Ledin v. Davison, 216 Wis. 216 , 256 N.W. 718 , 96 A.L.R. 589 ; Dowling v. Winters, 208 N.C. 521 , 181 S.E. 751 ; Lepre v. Real Estate-Land Title Trust Co., 168 A. 858 , 11 N.J. Misc. 887 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walton v. Stephens