Hamblett v. Hamblett’s Empirical Analysis
1833
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably State v. Pike (1870), Utermehle v. Norment (1905)
35 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 Badger v. Phinney · Hartford Bridge Co. v. Granger · Buckminster v. Perry · Hathorn v. King · Tyler v. Ulmer
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““True, the appellant when she received this legacy was a minor. But she was then, although not of legal age, of an age to exercise some discretion. She was then more than eighteen years of age, at which period her legacy was payable to her by the will. She was aided by her friends and connections and one of them actually agreed to be bound that she should execute a release when she became of age. The legacy was fairly paid, and for aught which appears, the avails are still in her possession. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Swetland v. Miles“It has been repeatedly held in the English ecclesiastical courts, that a legatee, who has received a legacy by virtue of a will, must bring in the legacy before being permitted to contest the will. 1 Addams, 365, Bell v. Armstrong, and cases cited. 3 Addams, 243, Braham v. Burchell.”
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.