Wells v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently December 1968
24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. Bell · Blum Milling Co. v. Moore-Seaver Grain Co. · McNamara v. . Leipzig · Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad v. Le Gierse · Shumard v. Johnson
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that on the occasion in question, plaintiff undertook to pass the truck at a reckless and dangerous rate of speed?” * * * (b) “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that on the occasion in question, plaintiff was operating the automobile in which he was riding at a dangerous rate of speed?” and the issues of negligence and proximate cause as they relate to issues (a) and (b). These requested issues were in substance submitted by the court’s charge: Special Issue No. 22: “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff, Ford, prior to and at the time of said collision, was operating same at a negligent rate of speed under all the facts and circumstances?” .Special Issue No. 25: “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff, Ford, prior to and at the time of said collision was operating the Ford pickup truck in excess of the speed of 45 miles per hour?” which the jury answered “No”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wells v. Ford
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.