Farrell v. Faries’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1946
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daniel v. Whartenby · Taylor v. Taylor · In re Reeves · In re Reeves · Maloney v. Johnson
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.
““I give and bequeath to my said niece, Sallie Trigham Mitchell, the lot of ground situated * * * for and during her life time and no longer, and after the death of my said niece, if she leaves lawfull issue of her body it is my will that the above described Real Estate shall go to the child or children of my said niece, the heirs and assigns forever; In case my said niece should die without leaving' lawfull heirs of her body, then and in such case it is my will that said Real Estate shall go to William C. Mitchell, Jr., for and during his natural life and on his decease, to his sons, Harry Mitchell and Frank Mitchell, theirs heirs, executors and assigns forever.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Farrell v. Faries
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.