Cross v. Hewitt’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chandler v. Dunlop · Parker v. Rich · Dillon v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · Forbes v. Harrington · 34 Mass. App. Ct. 596 - Nutter v. Woodard
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n action for personal injuries ... if commenced more than one year after the date of death of the deceased, may be brought against said executor or administrator, provided that such action is commenced within three years next after the cause of action accrues, and provided further that any judgment recovered in any action so brought may be satisfied only from the proceeds of a policy of insurance or bond . . . If an executor or administrator has not been appointed, then an action allowed under this section may be maintained ... naming the decedent as the defendant. In such event any service of process . .. shall be made upon the entity providing the insurance or bond.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Except as provided in this chapter, an executor or administrator shall not be held to answer to an action by a creditor of the deceased unless such action is commenced within one year after the date of death of the deceased and unless, before the expiration of such period, the process in such action has been served by delivery in hand upon such executor or administrator or service thereof accepted by him or a notice stating the name of the estate, the name and address of the creditor, the amount of the claim and the court in which the action has been brought has been filed in the proper registry of probate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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