Jarboe v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 1938
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In addition to this, J. T. Griffith held the one-seventh interest set apart to Clinton Griffith as trustee for Clinton Griffith. While he is called executor in the will, in holding this one-seventh he was discharging a trust imposed upon him as trustee which was outside of and beyond the duties imposed by law upon an executor.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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