276 Ga. App. 130 - Benefield v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lee v. Lee · 255 Ga. App. 805 - Lewis v. Department of Human Resources · 242 Ga. App. 691 - Heath v. Sims · Herring v. Standard Guaranty Insurance · 226 Ga. App. 851 - Nesmith v. Pierce
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“original, exclusive, and general jurisdiction of ... [a]ll other matters and things as appertain or relate to estates of deceased persons.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] superior court, as a court of equity, can only exercise its concurrent jurisdiction over the administration of estates when complete and adequate remedies at law are unavailable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where there is a danger of loss or other injury to a party's interest, or where equitable interference is necessary for the full protection of the rights of the parties in interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Braswell v. Benton
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.