Hays v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bundy v. McKnight · Farner v. Farner · 82 Ind. App. 5 - Barr, Trustee v. Geary, Auditor · Erskine v. Whitehead · Ackerman v. Fichter
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“and the most liberal rules of construction will be employed to sustain and uphold every attempt of a person to donate his property to a charitable use.... The charitable character of the trust being made apparent, all doubts are to be resolved in its favor.”
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.