Woolums v. Simonsen’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently December 2015
22 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 Henry Clarke v. Nancy B Clarke · Weil & Associates v. Urban Renewal Agency · Markham v. Waterman · Sharpe v. Sharpe · Dreyer v. Schrick
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... [T]he appellant and her children have a remainder interest in the real property subject to a life estate in the mother of the appellant. Considering the age of the appellant's mother, the probability that the appellant and her children will survive her mother ... is a good prospect. Because of this probability the appellant has a saleable property right of considerable present value... "Under the law of this state the general rule is that any interest a person may have in property, vested or contingent, legal or equitable, ... may be levied upon and sold under execution. ( Koelliker v. Denkinger, 148 Kan. 503 , 83 P.2d 703 .) Another case holding that the interest of a remainderman . .. is saleable is Markham v. Waterman, 105 Kan. 93 , 181 Pac. 621 ...." ((pp. 729, 730.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McCain v. McCain““As a general rule the courts will not give a construction to or declare the rights of parties upon a state of facts which has not arisen, nor upon a matter which is future, contingent, and uncertain, unless a present right depends upon the decision or there are other special circumstances to satisfy the court that it is desirable at once to decide on the future rights.” Woolums v. Simonsen, 214 Kan. 722 , Syl. ¶ 5, 522 P.2d 1321 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solomon v. State““The statute specifically recites that no action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a judgment or order merely declaratory of right is the only relief requested. “Furthermore under K.S.A. 60-1002 a quiet title action may be brought by any person claiming an interest in real property against any person who claims an interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such adverse claim.””
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.