Clark v. Knox’s Empirical Analysis
1881
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Winsett v. Winsett (1919), King v. Keith (1952)
41 state decisions — followed in 10 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 Fretwell v. McLemore · Pearson v. Darrington · Smyley v. Reese · English v. Key · Bendall's Distributees v. Bendall's Adm'r
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For interest received, or profit derived, [the executor or administrator] is liable by the terms of the statute; and if he uses the funds, he is, in any event, liable for legal interest, because the use is, of itself, a conversion-a breach of duty. When employed, the profits derived he is required to disclose, and the parties interested may elect to take either the profits or interest at the legal rate .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““When the executor ... is an attorney or solicitor, and in either capacity renders professional services, necessary in litigation for the benefit, or demanded by the necessities of the estate, he is entitled to compensation for such services....” 70 Ala. at 617 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mills v. Neville
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.