Lockard v. Lockard’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 1964
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Yeager v. Yeager
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It appears the Chancellor in awarding the wife lump sum alimony in the sum of $7000 attempted to divide equally the real and personal property owned by the husband. He was certainly justified in finding that this property had a valuation of at least $14,000. Since both husband and wife had started their marriage with practically no estate, and together by their joint industry had accumulated this property, it is fair and equitable that the wife should be entitled to an equal share in it."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cook v. Cook
How this case has been treated — in progress
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