Bacon v. Schepflin’s Empirical Analysis
1900
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently June 1959 · most notably Cape Charles Flying Service, Inc. v. Nottingham (1948), Stitzel v. Miller (1911)
5 federal appellate · 29 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedBacon v. Schepflin
Relationships
Relies on Harlow v. Boswell · Hamlin, Hale & Co. v. Race · Nickerson v. Babcock · Holloway v. Freeman · Archibald v. Argall
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ As to irregular and informal verdicts, the rule is, that if, by looking into the record, the verdict can be seen to be responsive, it will be sustained. Looking into the record, it appears that there were two parties plaintiff. There is no uncertainty about this verdict; it finds the issues for the plaintiff and assesses the damages at $112.40. Smith v. Johnson, 3 Texas, 418 ; Matson v. Connelly, 24 Ill. 142 ; Alwood v. Mansfield, 33 Ill. 452 ; Brown v. Keller, 38 Ill. 63 ; Phelps v. Reeder, 39 Ill. 172 ; Bates v. Williams, 43 Ill. 494 ; Reardon v. Smith, 36 Ill. 204 ; Hamm v. Culvey, 84 Ill. 55 . The defendant was in nowise prejudiced by the informality in the verdict, nor by the entry of judgment thereon, and the judgment is affirmed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.