52 N.J. Eq. 92 - Alling v. Alling’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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

1. ““The question of the extent of the duty of a parent to support and maintain an infant child can be raised in this court only when the child has a fortune of its own. This court has no jurisdiction to compel a parent to support an infant child. In re Ryder, 11 Paige 185 ; Hodgens v. Hodgens, 4 Cl. & F. 323. But when the infant child has an estate of its own and the question arises, directly or indirectly, how much, if anything; the parent shall be allowed out of such estate for the infant’s support, the court will consider and determine the parent’s duty toward the child and his or her ability to perform that duty. Such is the present case.” (at p. 96)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Greenspan v. Slate · 107 N.J. Eq. 398 - Meier v. Planer

2. “Upon general principles, I am unable to perceive any difference between the parents as to their duty of support of their child. Each is equally responsible for the existence of the child, and each by natural instinct feels the duty, as well as the desire, to protect and nourish their common offspring.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 6 N.J. Super. 26 - Cohen v. Cohen

3. “The statute of limitations is binding on this court as well as on the courts of law, and whenever a pecuniary demand will be barred to law it will be barred here, unless there is some circumstance in the case which renders it inequitable for the party entitled to its benefit to set it up.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. Pennsgrove Nat. Bank, C., Co.