Craig v. Hickman’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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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.

1. “"The law presumes that services rendered by a daughter to a mother are gratuitous, arising from natural love rather than hope of pecuniary reward. Hence the daughter has the burden of establishing at least an implied contract for payment. Williams v. Walden, 82 Ark. 136 , 100 S.W. 898 (1907); Russell v. Baumann, 239 Ark. 830 , 394 S.W. 2d 619 (1965). Services by a child to a parent may give rise to an implied contract if those services are of such extraordinary character `that the parent would not expect a child, under the circumstances, to render such services without compensation.' Lineback v. Smith, 140 Ark. 500 , 215 S.W. 662 (1919). Because of the circumstances we have enumerated, and the absence of substantial competent testimony, we are unable to say that Mrs. Hickman overcame the presumption." Craig v. Hickman, 247 Ark. 628 , 447 S.W.2d 120, 123 (1969).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Thompson · Getzlaff v. Johnson