Westrate v. Schipper’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bishop v. Shurly · In Re Dzwonkiewicz's Estate · Harris v. Crawley · Tanis v. Eding
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he general rule of the common law . . . holds that an infant is not liable for necessaries, if he is living with his father who is ready and willing to pay for necessaries.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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