Gonzales v. Zerda’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 45th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wells · Glover v. Texas General Indemnity Co. · Dietzen v. American Trust & Banking Co. · Purvis v. Sherrod
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.
“it must be shown to have been in contemplation of death from present illness or anticipated peril. The circumstances must be such as to show that the donor intended the gift to take effect when made, but if the donor should recover the property would be restored to him. In short, it must be intended as a gift”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dorman v. Arnold
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.