Ferguson v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently January 1997
5 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 State v. Lancaster · 4 Smith & H. 254 - McFarland v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance · Teague v. Gooch · Bellenfant v. American Nat. Bank · Chester v. Turner
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The county court has original jurisdiction in the following cases: (1) The probate of wills. (2) The granting of letters testamentary and of administration, and the repeal and revocation thereof. (3) All controversies in relation to the right of executorship or of administration. (4) The settlement of accounts of executors or administrators. (5) The partition and distribution of the estates of decedents; and for these purposes, the power to sell the real and personal property belonging to such estates, if necessary to make the partition and distribution, or if manifestly for the interest of the parties. (6) To sell real estate for the payment of debts of a decedent as provided in sections 30-602, 30-603. (7) The appointment and removal of guardians for minors and persons of unsound mind, and all controversies as to the right of guardianship, and the settlement of guardian accounts. (8) The allotment of dower in lands. (9) The partition, sale, or division of land. (10) The changing of names and the ligitimation of children. (11) The issuance of inquisitions of unsoundness of mind. (12) The binding out of apprentices, and all controversies between master and apprentice. In counties having a county judge, he shall have the powers above enumerated.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dick v. Dick
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.