Ferguson v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
1926
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 1979
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Prather v. McClelland · Eaton v. Brown · Leggett v. . Firth · McCarty v. Chalfant · 40 Tex. Civ. App. 31 - Dougherty v. Holscheider
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“I am going on a journey and I may never come back alive, so I make this will; but I expect to make changes if I live.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.