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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 43 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 Offield v. Davis.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Offield v. Davis Anchor | green | “no marriage or attempted marriage, if it took place in this state, can be held valid here, unless it has been shown to have been under a license, and solemnized according to our statutes.” | 7 |
| 2 | Eldred v. Eldred | green | “the presumption of marriage from cohabitation apparently matrimonial is one of the strongest presumptions known to the law.” | 6 |
| 3 | Offield v. Davis | green | “from the passage of our earliest statutes on the subject of marriage,” | 5 |
| 4 | Offield v. Davis | green | “our marital laws are plain and simple, not difficult to understand by the humblest citizen.” | 5 |
| 5 | Heflinger v. Heflinger | green | “public policy forbids that a party should be barred from bringing a suit to declare null a marriage contract which never had any valid existence.” | 5 |
| 6 | Weade v. Weade | green | “repose of family relationships.” | 5 |
| 7 | Iron City Savings Bank v. Isaacsen | green | “the potential jurisdiction of a court of chancery, when properly invoked, is sufficient to sustain the exercise of the power of the court to do all things necessary or proper to perfect its actual jurisdiction and to preserve the status quo while so doing.” | 5 |
| 8 | Toler v. Oakwood Smokeless Coal Corp. | green | “marriage is very properly regarded as the foundation of human society.” | 5 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.