6 E.H. Smith 551 - Stevens v. . Melcher’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently November 1973 · most notably Warren v. Pazolt (1909), Wood v. Amos (1938)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 57 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 Ford v. . Knapp · In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Albertson · Cook v. . Lowry · Thomas v. . Evans · Peck v. . Sherwood
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Ordinarily the duty devolves upon tenants in common in possession, life tenants, or trustees for equitable life tenants, of preserving the premises, defraying the expenses of ordinary repairs, and of paying the taxes and the accruing interest upon mortgages which may incumber the premises. In re Albertson, 113 N. Y. 434, 439 , 21 N. E. 117 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““There are many cases in the books in which relief of this character has been refused; many others in which it has been granted. Each case is largely dependent upon the circumstances and special equities surrounding it, which may bring it within or distinguish it from general rules.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.