Bacon v. Dawson’s Empirical Analysis
1916
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1934
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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.
““It seems to us, there being no fraud practiced upon the infant, and no irregularity in the guardianship proceedings, other than the one complained of,_ the question presented is merely one of identity, and the court was right in permitting the introduction of parol evidence for the purpose of showing that Henryetta Downing, Peggie Sanders, and Peggie Bacon were but different names borne by one and the same person. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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