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← 35 F.2d 416 - Crooks v. Harrelson

Crooks v. Harrelson’s Empirical Analysis

35 F.2d 416 · 1929

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 1943
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Gould v. Gould · United States v. Merriam · United States v. Field · Henry Clarke v. Nancy B Clarke · Eidman v. Martinez

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The administrator has no power over the real estate, except so far as to hold it for the payment of the debts of the deceased; and when there are no debts, the land descends to the heirs, or escheats to the State; and it is not the power of the administrator to hinder this legally; nor can the probate court direct or order a sale of real estate for costs accrued after the administration begins, and only because it did begin. Such costs are not debts due by the *Page 1280 deceased, nor debts at the time of the death of the intestate.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “. . . shall be insufficient to pay his debts and legacies, . . .”
    1 later decision 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.