First Presbyterian Society of Green Bay v. Goodrich Transportation Co.’s Empirical Analysis
7 F. 257 · 1881
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1990
1 district · 1 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 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. New York & New Haven Railroad · Connecticut Fire Insurance v. Erie Railway Co. · Swarthout v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. · Rockingham Mutual Fire Ins. v. Bosher · Peoria Marine & Fire Insurance v. Frost
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There shall be in this state hereafter but one form of action for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress of private wrongs, which shall be called a civil action.” Pierce’s Code 1012, tit. 81 — 8. “Every action shall he prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise provided by law.” Pierce’s Code 1912, 81 — 7. “An executor or administrator, or guardian of a minor or person of unsound mind, a trustee of an express trust, or a person authorized by statute, may sue without joining the person for whose benefit the suit is prosecuted. A trustee of an express trust within the meaning of this section, shall be construed to include a person with whom or in whose name a contract is made for the benefit of another.” Pierce’s Code 1912, 81 — 9. “The court may determine any controversy between parties before it when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court shall cause them to be brought in.” Pierce’s Code 1912, tit. SI- — 41. “The defendant may set forth by answer as many defenses and counterclaims as he may have whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable, or both. They shall each be separately stated, and refer to the causes of action which they are intended to answer, in such a manner that they may be intelligibly distinguished.” Paragraph 8, t”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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