Main v. Norman’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1996
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hewitt v. Beattie
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the neglect in this case were that of the administrator, he could be sued only in his individual capacity, with the right on his part, should he be called upon to make payment, to claim a credit in his accounting to the Probate Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] neglect such as that alleged in this case constitutes a claim against the estate of a deceased landowner only if the neglect occurred in . . . [her] lifetime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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