Bergmann v. . Lord’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently June 1971 · most notably Helme v. . Buckelew (1920), Leighton v. Roper (1950)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 38 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 Smith v. . Edwards · Crapo v. . City of Syracuse · Stringer v. . Young · Graff v. . Bonnett · Lyon v. . Park
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a general rule that an action will not lie against a foreign executor, but there are exceptions to the rule. [Citing cases.] "In actions in equity where it is necessary to prevent a failure of justice, jurisdiction will be assumed at least so far as the relief to be secured relates to property in the jurisdiction of the court .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McAndrews v. Krause“It is a general rule that an action will not lie against a foreign executor, but there are exceptions to the rule. [Citing cases.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McAndrews v. Krause
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.