Chadwick v. Stilphen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When a will is proved and allowed, the judge of probate may issue letters testamentary thereon to the executor named therein, if he is legally competent ***.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Royal

2. ““the executor named therein must be legally competent in the opinion of the judge of probate ***.” (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Royal