Bellinger v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 district · 33 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““After a bond has been given, the heir, legatee, or creditor of an estate acquires and has a vested interest in it, and the power of the county court over it ceases, except in a proceeding authorized by law. * * * After the bond has been given, the power of the county court over it ceases, and the heirs, legatees, or creditors for whose security it is given have a vested interest therein, of which they can only be deprived by some proceeding known to the law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Folk

2. ““A mere order of final settlement or distribution could not discharge him as executor, or relieve his bondsmen, until the distribution was actually made. This could be done, under the terms of the will, only by paying the balance in his hands to the guardian of the minor children.” Citing and quoting from Foster v. Wise, 46 Ohio St. 20 , ( 16 N. E. 687 , 15 Am. St. Rep. 542 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.