Anderson v. Messinger’s Empirical Analysis
146 F. 929 · 1906
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2023
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 Dickerson v. Colgrove · McArthur v. Scott · City of St Louis v. Western Union Tel Co · Colton v. Colton · John Smith v. Robert Bell
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Item. It is my will that when my son William, arrives at the age of twenty-one years the trustees . . . shall deliver to him a settlement of the affairs of the trust, and if my debts are then paid, and as soon as that takes place, they shall put him in possession of one-half of my property reserving thereout two-fifth parts of said moiety, by valuation which my said trustees shall hold in trust and properly invest and pay over to him at the age of twenty-five years . . . And it is my will that my said trustees hold and invest and pay over the remaining moiety of my estate to .my son James at the respective periods of twenty-one and twenty-five years of age being governed as to the amounts to be paid at each of the respective periods by the same rules and directions as are above laid down in the bequest to William,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“I make the following explanation: The limitations over on the death of my surviving son without lineal descendants is intended to take effect if there be no lineal descendants living at the time of the decease of such son. Nothing in the foregoing will shall be construed as to deprive either of my sons of disposing of their portions by will on their attaining the age of twenty-one years respectively. The above limitations over shall give way to the provision of such wills.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““A stipulation was filed waiving a trial by jury and consenting to a trial by the court. Upon the trial proof of atl the material facts was made by mutual stipulations which are incorporated in the bill of exceptions. * * * The case is properly for review to dot ermine whether the judgment is the one which the facts a'jrccd required.” (italics ;mtne.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lawton v. Carpenter
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.