Lambert v. . Craft’s Empirical Analysis
1885
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently May 1939
22 state decisions
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 Kellogg & Sandford v. Potter · McNulty v. . Hurd · Hurlburt v. . Durant · Hoyt v. . Bonnett · Matter of Application, Etc., of MacAulay
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The citation brings in the executor, not to plead or respond to the petition, but, by a verified written answer, to set forth aflirmatively facts, if he has any, which show that it is doubtful whether the petitioner’s claim is valid and legal, and also denying its validity or legality, absolutely, or upon information and belief. Both conditions must concur.””
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.