King v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1915
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 1945
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nye v. Lovitt
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““I give to my son Rufus all my real estate in the county of Westmoreland for and during his natural life, and should he die with a lawful heir, to his heir or heirs forever. But should he die without issue I give the said land to my son Alexander S. King, to him and his heirs forever.””
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.