Robertson v. Gillenwaters’s Empirical Analysis
1888
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
April 1950
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sharpe's Ex'or v. Rockwood · McCormick's Ex'ors v. Wright's Ex'ors
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.
““The object in making the personal representative a party, as we have seen, is that he may assert his right to the fund in the event there should be debts or outstanding claims to be settled and adjusted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.