King v. Wiseman’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
October 1963
most recently cited
13 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 2031
Relies on Riggs v. Del Drago · McGannon, Admx. v. State Ex Rel. Trapp · Webb v. Still · Haile v. Hale
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the amount set apart as aforesaid be less than that allowed, and insufficient for the support of the surviving spouse and children, or either, or, if there be no such personal property to be set apart, and if there be other estate of the decedent, the court may in its discretion make such reasonable allowance out of the estate as shall be necessary for the maintenance of the family, according to their circumstances during the progress of the settlement of the estate, which, in case of an insolvent estate, must not be longer than one year after granting letters testamentary, or of administration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“vests in the widow an absolute indefeasible right to said allowance,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.