State v. Watkins’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Appleby v. Estates of Appleby · Williston Seminary v. County Commissioners · Norton's Exrs. v. City of Louisville · People Ex Rel. Crook v. . Wells · New England Hospital for Women & Children v. City of Boston
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The annuity, however, in this, and in all similar cases, would not be a charity.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.