Combs v. Eversole’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Land v. Salem Bank
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.
“Only the name of the dead man appears as the appellee. Hence, it would be idle to express an opinion on any of the questions sought to be raised, since no one would be bound thereby.”
2 later decisions 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.