Doyle v. McCarrick’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1949
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dildine v. Dildine · Gardner v. Anderson · Leary v. Liberty Trust Co. · Reid v. . Neal · Estate of Glass
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A will is to be construed according to the intention of the testator. Where his intention cannot have effect to its full extent, it must have effect as far as possible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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