Pegram v. Pegram’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently September 2004 · most notably 141 Wis. 2d 569 - In RE MARRIAGE OF HARRIS v. Harris (1987), Cummings v. Cummings (1994)
23 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 H. A. Keach v. Roberta Keach · Renick v. Renick · Maher v. Maher · Hoskins v. Hoskins · Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Goble
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule the exercise of tlie power of the Court to modify a decree for alimony is not affected 'by the fact that it is based upon an agreement entered into by the parties, for the agreement became merged into the judgment and lost its contractual nature. 27 C.J.S., Divorce, Sec. 238 d; Hoskins v. Hoskins, 201 Ky. 208 ; 256 S.W. 1 ; McGuffin v. Chapman, 212 Ky. 579 , 279 S.W. 987 . [Emphasis supplied.] * ❖ * * * ‡ Separation agreements are upheld when untainted by fraud, undue influence or duress if the terms are fair, reasonable and equitable, considering the circumstance's of the parties at the time they were made. Sparks v. Sparks, 215 Ky. 508 , 28 S.W. 1111 ; Whisman v. Whisman, 228 Ky. 277 , 14 S.W. 2d 1061 . But such agreements will be closely scrutinized, and the court will not suffer the wife to be over-reached. It will not sustain a contract that is unfair or prejudicial to her when obtained while she is under her husband’s domination. Parsons v. Parsons, 23 Ky. Law Rep. 223 , 62 S.W. 719 ; Kline v. Kline, 105 S.W. 1189 , 32 Ky. Law Rep. 492 ; Keach v. Keach, 217 Ky. 723 , 290 S.W. 708 ; Clark v. Clark 301 Ky. 682 , 192 S.W. 2d 968 ; Corrigan v. Corrigan, 305 Ky. 695 , 205 S.W. 2d 495 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Separation agreements are upheld when untainted by fraud, undue influence, or coercion, and when the terms are, fair, reasonable, and equitable, considering the circumstances of the parties at the time they are made.” (Our emphasis.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Poor v. Logan
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.