Thompson v. Patten’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
February 1934
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hibbits v. Jack · Summit v. Yount · Wood v. Beasley · 35 Ind. App. 238 - Beatty v. Irwin · Levengood v. Hoople
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.
““I will, devise and bequeath all of my property real and personal to my wife Hannah Thompson to be and remain her absolute property as long as she remains my widow.””
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.