Mullreed v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““James therefore took the fee, defeasible at his death without issue living at that time. At his death the fee, by the terms of the will, was cast upon the sisters Mary and Jane. They having died without issue, ‘the other sister’ named in the will was Elizabeth Clark, who was the only sister of Mary and Jane living at the time the will was made, and she consequently took the fee.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hadley v. Henderson

2. ““Where a remainder shall be limited to take effect on the death of any person without heirs, or heirs of his body, or without issue, the words ‘heirs,’ or ‘issue’ shall be construed to mean heirs or issue living at the death of the person named as ancestor.” .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Owings v. Wood

3. ““If James Phillips should die without heirs, then my real and personal estate is to go to my two daughters Mary Phillips and Jane Phillips; but if Mary or Jane should die without heirs, then their share to go to the other sister.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hadley v. Henderson