Thompson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘-Kindred of the half-blood inherit equally with those of the whole blood in the same degree, unless the inheritance come to the intestate by descent, devise or gift of some one of his ancestors, in which case all those who are not of the blood of such ancestors must be 'excluded from such inheritance.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. Chapman · Zweigel v. Lewis

2. “"It is plain from the language used in section 8427, supra, that, where the inheritance comes to the intestate by descent, devise or gift, it was intended in such cases in providing for the devolution of such an estate, where there are kindred of the half blood, to exclude all those who are not of the blood of such ancestor from whom such an estate had come. Then the estate goes to those kindred nearest in blood to the deceased and of the blood of the ancestor from whom such estate came."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. De Roin v. Whitetail

3. ““In the case of In re Smith’s Estate, supra, the conclusion reached was upon the theory that such statutes as [§ 222] are regarded as enabling laws conferring upon kindred of the one-half blood a right of inheritance not theretofore enjoyed equally with those of the whole blood.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Robbs