Wilson v. Clotfelter’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently February 1977 · most notably 6 Cal. 3d 311 - Estate of Dodge (1971), 33 Cal. 2d 885 - Brock v. Hall (1949)
62 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 Bills v. Putnam · 8 Cal. App. 90 - In Re Estate of Koch · Andrews v. Schoppe · Tallman v. Tallman
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is generally recognized that a testamentary instrument is to be examined with a view to discovering the decedent’s testamentary scheme or general intention, and that the apparent meaning of particular words, phrases and provisions is to be subordinated to this scheme, plan or dominant purpose. ’ ’ The question here to be determined, then, is what shall be deemed a reasonable and liberal interpretation, bearing in mind the situation and relation of the parties, and the testator’s general testamentary scheme and purpose.”
4 later decisions 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.