Evans v. Evans

How courts have described this case

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

• “The custody of this child was entrusted to her mother. [The father] has no voice as to where she shall reside; but, by decree of the court, the mother is made the arbiter of such matters.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Taylor v. Taylor
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-02-22· cited 157×
• Aaby v. Strange
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 109×
• Gully v. Gully
  Texas Supreme Court· 1921-05-18· cited 81×
• Brooks v. Brooks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1933-06-17· cited 55×
• Barnett v. Barnett
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-09-05· cited 48×
• Graham v. Graham
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1918-04-15· cited 33×
• State v. Langford
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1918-12-03· cited 29×
• Parks v. Parks
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1925-05-19· cited 27×
• Hester v. Hester
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1968-10-09· cited 25×
• Carey v. Carey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-12-05· cited 25×
• McClain v. Kingsport Improvement Corp.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1922-09-15· cited 25×
• Desch v. Desch
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1913-04-15· cited 23×
• Hoyle v. Wilson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1988-01-19· cited 21×
• Pendray v. Pendray
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1951-05-30· cited 13×
• Damron v. Damron
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1963-05-10· cited 12×
• Owen v. Watson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1928-07-16· cited 12×
• Welch v. Welch
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-09-13· cited 11×
• Travelers Insurance v. Williamson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1926-03-12· cited 10×
• Madison v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-10-10· cited 2×
• State of Tennessee, Ex Rel., Margaret v. Hickman v. Ronald L. Dodd
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-11-21

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Spencer v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1906-01-05· cited 36×
• Alvey v. Hartwig
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1907-06-24· cited 27×