McCoy v. McCoy’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently April 1970 · most notably Mathews v. Sniggs (1919), Farmers' State Bank of Ada v. Keen (1917)
1 federal appellate · 58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Oelrichs v. Spain · Gardner v. Rundell · Kimball v. Connor · Parker v. G. Y. Coop. · Maas v. Dunmyer
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Our statutes define what issues may be tried by the court. Comp. Laws 1909, sec. 5781 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4989) : ‘Issues arise on the pleadings, where a fact or conclusion of law is maintained by one party and controverted by the other. There are two kinds: First, of law; second, of fact.’ St. Okla. 1893, sec. 4151. Section 5783 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4990) : ‘An issue of law arises upon a demurrer to the petition, answer, or reply, or to some part thereof.’ St. Okla. 1893, sec. 4153. Section 5783 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4991) : ‘An issue of fact arises: First, upon a material allegation in the petition, controverted by the answer; or, second, upon new matter in the answer, controverted by the reply; or, third, upon new matter in the reply, which shall be considered as controverted by the defendant without further pleading.’ St. Okla. 1893, sec. 4153. Section 5785 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4993) : ‘Issues of law must be tried by the court, unless referred. Issues of fact arising in actions for the recovery of money, or of specific real or personal property, shall be tried by a jury, unless a jury trial is waived, or a reference be ordered, as hereinafter provided.’ St. Okla. 1893, sec. 4156. Section 5786 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 4994): ‘All other issues of fact shall be tried by the court, subject to its power to order any issue or issues to be tided by a jury, or referred as provided in this Code.’ St. Okla. 1893, sec. 4157 (Rev. Laws 1910, sec. 3582). Section 5781 defines how iss”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Issues of law must be tried by the court, unless referred. Issues of fact arising in actions for the recovery of money, or of specific (real or personal property, shall be tried by a jury, unless a jury trial is waived. or a reference be ordered, as hereinafter provided.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““When a transfer of real property is made to one person, and the consideration therefor is paid by or for another, a trust is presumed to result in favor of . the person by or for whom such payment is made.””
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.