Howes v. Barney’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 1948
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on O'Connor v. Boylan · Barney v. Barney · Rough v. Womer · Pratt v. Millard · Union Trust Co. v. Kirchberg
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““that there are no debts or liabilities outstanding and unpaid against said estate, or that the personal estate of said deceased is amply sufficient for the payment of all claims or liabilities,””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapin v. Chapin““until the estate shall have been settled, or until delivered over by order of the probate court to the heirs or devisees.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chapin v. Chapin
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.