Ferguson v. Mansfield’s Empirical Analysis
1919
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Moss v. Fortune (1960), Pass v. State (1944)
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 34 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There shall first be paid to the owner or holder of one certain note for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) executed by the said James E. Ferguson and payable to the order of H. P. Mansfield, attorney; said note being given in payment for the interest of the Davis heirs in land purchased by the said James E. Ferguson, and in turn sold to the Dayton Lumber Company. “Second. There shall be paid to C. F. Stevens the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,-000.00) in full settlement of his attorney’s fees 'and all his interest in said notes, and the land for which the same were given in payment. “After the payment of said twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) note, to H. P. Mansfield, and the payment of said three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) to O. F. Stevens, it is agreed by and between the parties that the remaining balance of twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($21,500.00) and all accrued interest on said bonds which may be collected by said Temple State Bank, shall be owned by the following parties in the following proportion, that is to say: James E. Ferguson, as assignee and agent and attorney in fact for the Hardin Heirs, has an interest of.$4,625.00 H. P. Mansfield, individually, has an interest of . 5,203.00 James E. Ferguson has an interest of. 5,203.00 —leaving a remaining interest of thirty-four hundred sixty-eight and 75/100 ($3,468.75) dollars, one-half of which amount the said Temple State Bank shall be authorized and required to pay over to the”
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.