Fleming v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 2003
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Rindge Co v. Los Angeles County Rindge Co · National Transportation Co., Inc. v. Toquet · Andrews v. Cox · Chudnov v. Board of Appeals · State v. McCook
Most-quoted passages
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“While earlier cases intimate otherwise (e.g., Nichols ...), this provision came later to be construed to only confer upon an executor or administrator the custody or control of real estate `for the purpose of enabling him to defend the land from acts of trespass, to enforce payment of rent, and to hold the income until it shall be known whether it is to go to heirs or creditors.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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