8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 82 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Glazebrook v. Board of Supervisors.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glazebrook v. Board of Supervisors Anchor | green | “a demurrer tests the legal sufficiency of facts alleged in pleadings, not the strength of proof.” | 28 |
| 2 | Eagle Harbor, LLC v. Isle of Wight County | green | “pleading must be made with 'sufficient definiteness to enable the court to find the existence of a legal basis for its judgment'.” | 12 |
| 3 | Harris v. Kreutzer | green | “not permitted on demurrer to evaluate and decide the merits of the allegations set forth in a complaint, but only may determine whether the factual allegations of the complaint are sufficient to state a cause of action.” | 12 |
| 4 | Almy v. Grisham | green | “a demurrer presents an issue of law, not an issue of fact.” | 9 |
| 5 | Riverview Farm Associates Virginia General Partnership v. Board of Supervisors | green | “a demurrer presents an issue of law, not an issue of fact.” | 9 |
| 6 | Harris v. Kreutzer | green | “a trial court's decision sustaining a demurrer presents a question of law which we review de novo.” | 7 |
| 7 | Kitchen v. City of Newport News | green | “every pleading shall state the facts on which the party relies in numbered paragraphs, and it shall be sufficient if it clearly informs the opposite party of the true nature of the claim or defense.” | 3 |
| 8 | Moore v. Jefferson Hospital, Inc. | green | “to survive a challenge by demurrer, a pleading must be made with sufficient definiteness to enable the court to find the existence of a legal basis for its judgment.” | 2 |
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