King v. Gilson’s Empirical Analysis
1905
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently March 2005
21 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 Schierbaum v. Schemme · Hoyberg v. Henske · McFadin v. Catron · Brinkman v. Rueggesick · Dingman v. Romine
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... The general rule sustained by all the cases is that the proponent of the will must overcome the presumption of the continuance of insanity, and this he must do by clear and satisfactory proof. He has the burden of proof to show that the testator was of sound and disposing mind when he executed the will. And, if it shall appear that the testator had been judicially pronounced insane prior to the execution of the will, the proponent must produce some evidence showing a restoration to sanity other than that arising from the proper execution of the will. There must be the clearest proof that reason and testamentary capacity have been restored.”
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.