Coggeshall v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis
1912
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on James Converse Administrator of Philip Greely Deceased v. The United States · Cole v. White County · Bohart v. Anderson · Walker v. Cook · Board of Commissioners, Greer County v. Watson
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.
““A person who accepts an office to which no compensation is attached is presumed to undertake to serve gratuitously (Wortham v. Grayson County Court, 13 Bush [Ky.] 53), and cannot recover anything from the state or county, upon the ground of an implied contract to pay what the service was reasonably worth (White v. Levant, 78 Me. 568 , 7 Atl. 539 ; Talbot v. East Machias, 76 Me. 415 ; Sikes v. Hatfield, 13 Gray [Mass.] 347; Walker v. Cook, 129 Mass. 578 ; Board of County Commissioners of Greer County v. Watson, 7 Okla. 174 , 54 Pac. 441 ). This presumption is in favor of the state or county. Board of County Commissioners v. Watson, supra; Throop on Public Officers (1892) sec. 449; Cole v. White County, 32 Ark. 45 ; Wortham v. Grayson County Court, 13 Bush (Ky.) 53 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““It is against public; policy for a public officer to be allowed private compensation for the performance of any duty as a public officer.””
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.