Daniel Boardman v. The Lessees of Reed and Ford M'Call’s Empirical Analysis
31 U.S. 328 · 1832
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2018 · most notably St.louis Smelting and Refining Company v. Kemp. (1881), O'Brien v. Miller (1897)
19 federal appellate · 3 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Williams v. Peyton's Lessee · Dunlop v. Munroe · Astor v. Wells · Thorn v. Blanchard
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““That boundaries may be proved by hearsay testimony, is a rule well settled; and the necessity or proprietjr of which is not now questioned. Some difference of opinion may exist as to the application of this rule, but there can be none as to its legal force. Landmarks arc frequently formed of perishable materials, which pass away with the generation in which they are made. By the improvement of the country, and from other causes, they are often destroyed. It is therefore important, in many cases, that hearsay or reputation should be received to establish ancient boundaries ; . . . ””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.