Gardner v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently October 2014
24 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.
Relationships
Relies on Sumpter v. Carter · Hertz v. Abrahams · Kirkpatrick v. Kirkpatrick · Lasnier v. Berthiaume · Grossenbacher v. Spring
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““First. I hereby give and bequeath to Anna Thomas the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars, also all of my household effects, consisting of furniture, bedding, dishes, and in fact all household goods. “Second. I hereby give and bequeath to my daughter, Georgia Gardner, the remainder of my property, both personal and real, for the iength of her lifetime only. My direct intention being that she shall have the income only from said property. “Third. Should my daughter, Georgia Gardner, marry and have issue, then I direct that at her death my property shall descend to them equally, share and share alike. In the event of no issue, then at her death all my property shall revert to the Gardner estate. “Fourth. I direct that all my debts and expenses incurred in my last sickness shall first be paid. “Fifth. I hereby appoint Arthur R. Anderson and Harry Dickens trustees to carry out the provisions of this will, and they shall have the power to make such investments as to them seem best, and shall pay over to the said Georgia Gardner the net income from said property. I direct that said trustees shall not be required to give bond.” (Gardner v. Anderson, Trustee, 114 Kan. 778 , 227 Pac. 743 .)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““What is an estate tail? An estate tail or fee tail is a freehold estate in which there is a fixed line of inheritable succession limited to the issue of the body of the grantee or devisee, and in which the regular and general succession of heirs at law is cut off.” (p. 781.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gardner v. Anderson
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.