Sutton v. Sutton

How courts have described this case

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

• “At the common law a bastard is nullius films. Blackstone says that he is of kin to no one, derives no inheritable blood from any one, and can therefore neither be heir to any one, or have heirs save of his own body.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• J.A.S. v. Bushelman
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-05-19· cited 15×
• Barth v. Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1920-04-30· cited 15×
• Moore v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1902-06-28· cited 10×
• Estate of Paterson
  California Court of Appeal· 1939-08-24· cited 8×
• State v. Chavez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1938-09-12· cited 6×
• Turnmire v. Mayes
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1908-09-15· cited 6×
• Blair v. Adams
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Texas· 1893-12-07· cited 2×
• Kimmel v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1927-01-21· cited 1×
• Crutcher's Heirs v. Tilford
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1954-06-25

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stevenson's Heirs v. Sullivant
  Supreme Court· 1820-03-18· cited 43×
• Jackson v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1880-03-27· cited 10×
• Scroggin v. Allan
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1834-10-31· cited 8×
• Berry v. Owens' heirs
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1869-06-16· cited 5×
• Allen v. Ramsey's heirs
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1859-02-08· cited 4×