Morris v. Sweeney’s Empirical Analysis
1915
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently October 1934
12 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 Ozark Oil Co. v. Berryhill · Johnson v. Simpson · Cook v. Childs · Pierce v. Ellis · Criner v. Farve
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This provision is made applicable to sales by guardians by virtue of section 6565, R. L. 1910 (section 1478, O. O. S. 1921). * * * The statute quoted is sufficient upon the facts found to authorize the decree setting aside the confirmation and directing a reíale of the property.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hunter v. Wittier““* * * jjer jan(j woui(j descend in the same manner as it would have descended had patent issued during her lifetime; and her surviving husband, Robert Sweeney, would be entitled to curtesy therein””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bridges v. Wright““His wife having died before receiving her patent, and children having been born alive of the marriage, he would be entitled to an estate by curtesy, in the allotment of his deceased- wife.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Longest v. Langford
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.