Moore v. Schindehette’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The contention that the second paragraph is void has great force. As to the four-fifths of the estate which was vested in the first named children in fee, it is void; for one of the essential features of an estate in fee is the right to convey, and when a testator attempts to attach a restriction on such right to convey such restraint is void as repugnant to the nature of the estate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watkins v. Minor