Goss v. Stone’s Empirical Analysis
1886
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently October 1938
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 Palmer v. Oakley · Taff v. Hosmer · Moore v. Moore · Walker v. Hull
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The appointment of a permanent guardian is one of the most important things that can happen to an infant, involving the custody of all property, and, where there are no parents, generally involving, also, the control of the person. In all countries this jurisdiction has been regarded as of the highest importance. In England it was vested in the highest court in the realm; and, while in this country it has frequently been placed in the courts exercising probate powers, it has never been considered as not within judicial supervision in .some way, and has generally been put in courts from which an appeal lies, involving a rehearing on the merits. In Taff v. Hosmer, 14 Mich. 259 , the nature of this power was considered, and cases cited to show both its judicial character and its importance; and in that case a near relative, who, it was expressly decided, could not have appealed from the probate of a will if nothing but property was involved, was held competent to appeal on account of its appointment of a guardian, although, if the will was established, it was held the father’s choice would prevail.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Olmstead v. Taylor““It was suggested that a married woman is not a competent guardian. As the contrary was held in Palmer v. Oakley, 2 Doug. 456 ( 47 Am. Dec. 41 ), and has been recognized ever since, we need not discuss the question.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Olmstead v. Taylor““In all cases not otherwise provided.for, any person aggrieved by any order, sentence, decree, or denial of a judge of probate may appeal therefrom to the circuit court for the same county.””
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.