Davis v. Davis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that rules that exclude evidence bearing directly on truth to be determined should not apply absent very good cause
• holding that decedent’s putative wife was entitled to same right in property acquired during marital relationship as if she were his lawful wife
• finding it not necessary to prove the nonexistence of divorce in every jurisdiction where the parties could have been married, the burden only requires a search of those jurisdictions where a party \might reasonably have been expected to have pursued [a divorce].\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

60 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In the Interest of J.W.T.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-03-30· cited 330×
• Bob Greene, as Next Friend of Lewayne Greene v. Farmers Insurance Exchange
  Texas Supreme Court· 2014-08-29· cited 121×
• In Re Estate of Loveless
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-12-07· cited 88×
• Benedict G. Wenske and Elizabeth Wenske v. Steve Ealy and Deborah Ealy
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-06-23· cited 81×
• Serafin v. Serafin
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1977-10-24· cited 76×
• Chandler v. Chandler
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1992-12-30· cited 57×
• LSR Joint Venture No. 2 v. Callewart
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1992-08-07· cited 46×
• In the Interest of Shockley
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-11-20· cited 35×
• Weaver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-05-13· cited 35×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Mobile Video Tapes, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-04-26· cited 33×
• In Re the Marriage of Schneckloth
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-06-16· cited 32×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Pool
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-29· cited 31×
• Wood v. Paulus
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1975-05-15· cited 31×
• Williams v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1987-05-21· cited 30×
• Osuna v. Quintana
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1999-03-25· cited 27×
• Peterson v. Peterson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-27· cited 24×
• Magana v. Magana
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-12-21· cited 24×
• Cottle v. Knapper
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-08-31· cited 21×
• In Re CAW
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2003-07-23· cited 20×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-28· cited 20×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Billings v. Atkinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1973-01-24· cited 244×
• Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Elder
  Texas Supreme Court· 1955-07-13· cited 69×
• Mud Creek Irrigation, Agricultural, & Manufacturing Co. v. Vivian
  Texas Supreme Court· 1889-05-28· cited 35×
• Esparza v. Esparza
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1964-08-27· cited 33×
• Davis v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-03-20· cited 16×
• Roberts v. Short
  Texas Supreme Court· 1846-12-15· cited 13×
• Barnett v. Barnett
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1970-02-26· cited 12×
• Caruso v. Lucius
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1969-12-03· cited 11×
• Longoria v. Longoria
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1959-04-15· cited 11×
• Longoria v. Longoria
  Texas Supreme Court· 1959-07-22· cited 11×
• Adams v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1970-06-11· cited 8×
• Gravley v. Gravley
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1961-12-01· cited 6×