Edgar v. Yant’s Empirical Analysis
1919
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
January 1944
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estate of Beatty v. Western College of Toledo · Doty v. . Willson · Finnerty v. Stratton's Estate
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether the purported contract can be legally assigned is one that can properly be raised only by the parties to the transaction. Defendants in error, being strangers, to Duval,, are in no position to question the assignability of the instrument.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cross v. Campbell
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.