Hoffman v. Franklin Motor Car Co.

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

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Cited by

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

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Hoover-Morris Enterprises, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-04-15· cited 67×
• Tracy v. Cottrell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-11-12· cited 34×
• Howard v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1926-04-20· cited 29×
• S. D. H. Co. v. Stewart
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-07-16· cited 19×
• Gregory v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1958-07-11· cited 17×
• Redman v. Woods
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-02-18· cited 15×
• Taylor v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-01-15· cited 9×
• Cody & Edgar v. Automobile Financing Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1927-11-21· cited 9×
• Cook v. Cochran
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-01-15· cited 9×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Spearman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-01-19· cited 8×
• Frick Co. v. Lawson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-02-07· cited 8×
• Kytle v. Kytle
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1935-07-11· cited 6×
• Hadden v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1927-12-13· cited 6×
• Rawleigh Co. v. Etheridge
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1927-12-17· cited 5×
• Williamson v. Gentry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1932-01-18· cited 5×
• Commercial Credit Co. v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1938-12-05· cited 5×
• Marshall v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1936-07-14· cited 4×
• Columbia Loan Company v. Parks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1958-01-31· cited 3×
• Sumner v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-07-07· cited 3×
• Skellie v. Gulf Finance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1953-04-11· cited 2×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Griffin v. Russell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1915-11-12· cited 129×
• Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Pullman Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-05-10· cited 68×
• Hudson v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-03-04· cited 62×
• Long v. Scanlan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-07-27· cited 29×
• Miller v. Georgia Railroad Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-05-11· cited 22×
• Brown v. Tomberlin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1912-02-15· cited 21×
• Barnett & Co. v. Terry & Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1871-01-15· cited 18×
• Watson v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1906-05-24· cited 16×
• Steen & Marshall v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1888-12-10· cited 14×
• Pollard v. Blalock
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1917-11-17· cited 14×
• Crutchfield v. Dailey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1896-05-19· cited 11×
• Brown v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1908-08-12· cited 11×
• Kennedy v. Maddox
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1915-02-03· cited 10×
• Manley v. Underwood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-12-14· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Worthy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1855-02-15· cited 4×
• Norris v. Rawlings
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1912-09-24· cited 4×
• National Pencil Co. v. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1917-02-16· cited 3×
• Cheek v. McWhorter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1922-09-27· cited 3×
• Battle v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-12-12· cited 2×