Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 112th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on C. & R. TRANSPORT, INC. v. Campbell · Parker v. Highland Park, Inc. · RepublicBank Dallas, N.A. v. Interkal, Inc. · State v. Tennison · Lower Neches Valley Authority v. Murphy
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled in this State that if the person injured was on the premises as a licensee, the duty that the proprietor or licensor owed him was not to injury him by willful, wanton or gross negligence. [cases cited] An exception to the general rule is that when the licensor has knowledge of a dangerous condition, and the licensee does not, a duty is owed on the part of the licensor to either warn the licensee or to make the condition reasonably safe.... Actual knowledge rather than constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition is required ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.