Giles v. Little’s Empirical Analysis
104 U.S. 291 · 1881
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1991 · most notably Messenger v. Anderson (1912), Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co. (1924)
9 federal appellate · 48 state decisions — followed in 17 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on John Smith v. Robert Bell · Brant v. Virginia Coal and Iron Company et al. · Clarke v. Boorman's Executors · Boyd v. Strahan
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To my beloved wife, Edit ha J. Dawson, I give and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, of which 1 may die seized, the same to be and remain hers, with full power, right and authority to dispose of the same as to her shall seem most meet and proper, so long as she shall remain my widow, upon the express condition, however, that if she should marry again, then it is my will that all of the estate herein bequeathed, or whatever may remain, should go to my surviving children, share and share alike.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Roberts v. Lewis · Bilger v. Nunan“After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, the residue of my estate, real and personal, I give and bequeath and dispose of as follows* to wit: To my beloved wife, Editha J. Dawson, I give and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seized, the same to be and remain hers/with full power, right and authority-to dispose of the same as to her shall- seenr most meet, and proper, so long as .she shall remain my widow, upon the express condition, how ever, that if she should marry again, then it is my will that all of the estate herein bequeathed, or whatever may remain, should go to my surviving children, share and share alike, and in case any of my children should have deceased leaving ■issue, then the issue so left to receive the share to which said child would be entitled! I likewise make, constitute and appoint my said wife, Editha J., to be executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills made by me.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Roberts v. Lewis““To my beloved wife, Edith J. Dawson, I give and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seised, the same to remain and be hers, with full power, right and authority to dispose of the same as to her shall seem meet and. proper, as long as she shall remain my widow.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bilger v. Nunan
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.