Eggleston v. Landrum, Et Ux.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• Discussing obligations of parents to give medical treatment to a minor, and recognizing that penalties may be imposed upon parents who fail to perform their duty in this respect
• \The welfare of the child is the primary consideration in providing for his adoption\
• “The welfare of the child is the primary consideration in providing for his adoption”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cheek v. Ricker
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-06-01· cited 104×
• Kavanaugh v. Carraway
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-08-03· cited 62×
• Ainsworth v. Natural Father
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-05-26· cited 45×
• Marascalco v. Marascalco
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-22· cited 41×
• Natural Father v. United Meth. Child. Home
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-08-18· cited 37×
• N.E. v. L. H.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-06-13· cited 36×
• Adoption of D.N.T. v. R.D.H.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 33×
• Cassell v. Cassell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-06-11· cited 21×
• Mayfield v. BRAUND, ET UX.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-05-11· cited 21×
• Ex parte Rachiell
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1965-04-23· cited 18×
• Case v. Stolpe
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-09-23· cited 13×
• C.L.B. v. D.G.B.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-04-04· cited 12×
• Martin v. Putnam
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-03-09· cited 11×
• Matter of Adoption of WAT
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-03-26· cited 8×
• Lenard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-01-11· cited 6×
• Matthews v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1961-01-23· cited 5×
• Brunt, Et Ux. v. Watkins, Et Ux.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1958-04-07· cited 4×
• Johanson v. Fischer
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-03-26· cited 4×
• Matter of BB
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-16· cited 2×
• In Re Adoption of E.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1970-11-02· cited 2×