Adams v. Elseffer’s Empirical Analysis
1902
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
December 1934
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vawter v. Hultz · Gebhart v. Burkett · Warren v. Holbrook · Gough v. St. John · Fahey v. Crotty
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.
““ The correct rule, according to the great weight of authority^ is that in civil actions the character of a party to the action may become the subject of proof in case, and only in case, it is involved in the issue. And we think the character is involved in the issue only in the cases in which either the right of recovery or the extent of recovery is affected by the character of either. the plaintiff or the defendant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. Neal
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.