Barker v. Barker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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.

1. ““S. J. Barker, as administrator of the estate of Sarah M. Barker, deceased, is not made a party to the suit by inter-pleader, or otherwise. For aught that appears, the administration of the estate of Sarah M. Barker is still pending in the probate court. So long as it is so^ pending, the equity court is without jurisdiction to adjudicate as to the existence or non-existence of a claim against it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leonard v. Meadows