Maskell v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2011 · most notably Cloverfields Improvement Ass'n v. Seabreeze Properties, Inc. (1977), Stevens v. Bennett (1964)
34 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 Harlow v. Leclair · Croyle v. Croyle · Lester v. Howard Bank · David v. . Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co. · Wilson v. White
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.
“The appellants in this case claim as a third special ground for their demurrer that the bill of complaint is barred by laches on account of the delay on the part of the appellee in filing the bill. A co-owner is under no obligation to file a bill for partition unless or until she sees fit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““No judicial action is necessary to ‘annul’ this nullity. Nevertheless, in view of the recording laws, the appellee doubtless would be entitled to have an apparent cloud on her title removed by a decree declaring the deed to be a forgery.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““If the remedy sought in equity is analogous to a remedy cognizable at law, and the statute of limitations prescribes a time within which the legal action must be instituted equity will follow the law and bar the action.””
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.