Leach v. Leach’s Empirical Analysis
1925
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 1977
1 federal appellate · 15 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 Doty v. . Willson · Baum v. Palmer · Skelton v. Grimm · Kragnes v. Kragnes · Hooper v. Vanstrum
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although an advancement is in the nature of a gift, it differs from the ordinary gift in that, while the property or money given need not be returned or repaid, it must be accounted for by the donee upon the distribution of the estate of the donor, sections 7404-7407, G. S. 1913. [Same as 2 Mason Minn. St. 1927, §§ 8895-8897.] Whether a particular gift was an advancement is a question to be determined by ascertaining the intention of the donor at the time the gift was made. 3 Woerner, Adm. (3d ed.) p. 1884.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'In its legal sense * * * an advancement is an irrevocable gift in praesenti of money or property * * * to a child by a parent to enable the donee to anticipate his inheritance to the extent of the gift.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If it was the intention of the parties that the relation of debtor and creditor should not exist, they made a mistake in wording the note as they did. The note is presumed to set forth correctly the agreement they made, but parol evidence is admissible to show a mutual mistake in reducing the terms of the agreement to writing. If the note were reformed by striking out the provision for the payment of the principal, it would express the true agreement of the parties and prejudice the rights of no one. Although the provisions of the note were known when it was executed, the parties were mistaken as to the legal effect of the instrument. In such a case equity will correct the mistake and make the instrument conform to the true agreement, for the rigor of the doctrine that there can be no reformation for a mistake of law has been greatly relaxed. Hines v. Bauer, [158 Minn. 298] 197 N.W. 483; Dun.Dig. & Supp. § 8330.”
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.