Fox v. Van Norman’s Empirical Analysis
1873
Citation profile
4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 1928
4 state decisions
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.
Most-quoted passages
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““Plaintiff sued the widow of Peter Van Norman on some promissory notes executed by him in Ms lifetime, and claimed a personal judgment against her. Did the petition state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action? We think not. The defendant did not sign the notes, and is not therefore responsible as mailer. It is alleged that she is the sole heir of Peter Yan Norman. But that creates no liability. The debts of a man die with him, except so far as his own property will satisfy them. There is no transfer of obligation to the heir.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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