Smith v. Farrington’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Compton · Houston & T. C. R'y Co. v. Cowser · Winnt v. International & Great Northern Railroad · 57 Tex. Civ. App. 572 - Snow v. Gallup · Houston & Texas Central R'y Co. v. Baker
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““By this article of the constitution [article 16 § 26] the recovery of exemplary damages for death is limited to the classes of persons therein specified, and it is held that a parent cannot recover exemplary damages for the death of a child.” Id. at 317.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Every person, corporation, or company, that may commit a homicide, through wilful act, or omission, or gross neglect, shall be responsible, in exemplary damages, to the surviving husband, widow, heirs of his or her body, or such of them as there may be, without regard to any criminal proceeding that may or may not be had in relation to the homicide.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bedgood v. Madalin
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.