Hurd v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis
1891
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently July 1958
16 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 Simar v. . Canaday · Fisher v. . Hall · Kemper v. Trustees of Lane Seminary · Barnes v. City of Beloit
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the defects do not appear upon the face of the petition, the objection may be taken by answer; and if no objection be taken, either by demurrer or answer, the defendant shall be deemed to have waived 'the same, except only the objection to the jurisdiction of the court, and that the petition does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Of the parties to the action, those who are united in interest must be joined, as plaintiffs or defendants; but if the consent of one who should have been joined as plaintiff cannot be obtained, he may be made a defendant, the reason being stated in the petition.””
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.