Nelson v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1931
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1947
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ewering v. Ewering · American Christian Mission Society v. Tate · Lightfoot v. Beard · State Bank of Eau Gallie v. Rose's Admr. · Gilligan v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
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.
““It is my desire that my said husband before his death shall make provision for a bequest to be paid after his death of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) to my beloved granddaughter, Tensy Chapman. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Froage v. Fisher
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.