jdogpupil,
If you will go to your state statute/code books, usually Volume 1; just after the consitution of the state, usually, the next section will state something approximately like this: Except where replaced by statute/code the common law still exists in this state. Some states include more flowery language, a few may even state in more succintly than I have, but the meaning is there. As far as I know, some form of this language is used in every state, save one; Louisianna. Louisianna, since it was founded by the French, adopted civil law not the common law.
The replacement language in the statute/code is almost, but not always, the exact same as the common law language was, as created or reitereated by case law in a decision from a court bench. This is just a start, but I hope you find it helpful. Joseph Sugarman,
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