Wells v. Goforth

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting an objective test of actual knowledge based on what a possessor has reason to know
• \[w]e do not believe a possessor of land should be subject to liability for bodily harm caused to gratuitous licensees by a natural or artificial condition thereon unless the possessor is himself aware of the condition\
• initiated exception to existing rule to permit impeachment of adverse party witness
• overruled in part on other grounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Preston
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-05-15· cited 125×
• Coulter v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-10-06· cited 57×
• Rowe v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1985-10-16· cited 56×
• Cook v. Smith
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-10-03· cited 29×
• Epple v. Western Auto Supply Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1977-04-11· cited 27×
• Cunningham Ex Rel. Cunningham v. Hayes
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-02-01· cited 27×
• Seward v. Terminal RR Assn.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-05-25· cited 24×
• Harriman v. Smith
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-06-28· cited 24×
• Friend v. Gem International, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-12-28· cited 24×
• Singleton v. Charlebois Construction Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-05-07· cited 23×
• Arbogast v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-03-09· cited 20×
• O'CONNELL v. Roper Electric Company, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1973-08-28· cited 18×
• Reid v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-01-14· cited 15×
• Adams v. Badgett
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-09-09· cited 14×
• State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Davis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-03-25· cited 11×
• Davis v. Jackson
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-06-24· cited 11×
• Lamb v. Heiligers
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1975-12-16· cited 8×
• Ryan v. Rademacher
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-07-06· cited 7×
• State v. Gregory
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2001-02-06· cited 6×
• C. Russell Gould v. United States of America, William R. Zanetello v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-11-18· cited 5×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Glaser v. Rothschild
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1909-06-08· cited 135×
• Harbourn v. Katz Drug Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1958-11-10· cited 59×
• Frank v. Wabash Railroad Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1956-10-08· cited 45×
• Anderson v. Cinnamon
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1955-09-12· cited 44×
• White v. Burkeybile
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-02-08· cited 43×
• Boyer v. Guidicy Marble, Terrazzo & Tile Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1952-03-10· cited 43×
• Herrman v. Daffin
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1957-05-09· cited 41×
• Wolfson v. Chelist
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1955-12-12· cited 39×
• Downing v. Dixon
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1958-06-09· cited 35×
• Radford v. Radford
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-03-08· cited 25×
• Carpenter v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-11-25· cited 23×
• Grissom v. Handley
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1966-12-16· cited 22×
• Hutchinson v. Steinke
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1962-01-16· cited 22×
• Cupp v. Montgomery
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1966-09-20· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. State Highway Com'n of Mo. v. Kimmell
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-12-09· cited 15×
• Richey Ex Rel. Richey v. Kemper
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-07-12· cited 14×
• Owings v. White
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-06-14· cited 11×
• Imhoff & Co. v. McArthur
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1898-12-06· cited 10×
• Ziegler v. Elms
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-03-08· cited 6×