Sims v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis
1903
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
March 1962
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Todd v. Grove · Bell v. Campbell · of Farmer v. Farmer · Turner v. Turner · Falk v. Turner
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A wife may bestow her ‘ property, by gift, on her husband or she may make a contract with him which will be upheld in equity, but the courts always examine such transactions with an anxious watchfulness and dread, of undue influence.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peardon v. Peardon““Where a contract is made by parties holding confidential relations * * * the burden, if the contract is assailed, rests on the stronger party to show that no advantage was taken, otherwise fraud will be presumed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peardon v. Peardon
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.