White v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis
1897
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1935
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fuchs v. Meisel · Chadwick v. Chadwick · Mason's Executors v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church · Maynard v. Woodard · Smith v. Bonhoof
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.
“"The claim that is made, that the beneficiary in a trust for religious purposes must be a corporation organized under the laws of this State, has no force. Section 4640, 1 How. Stat., refers to the legal title or interest in the grantee or trustee, and not to the beneficiary in the trust as, under section 4637, the lands conveyed to any person as trustee may be held in trust for the use of any congregation or religious society organized within this State.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““An unincorporated society or a voluntary association, like a religious society or denomination, is capable of taking as a beneficiary in a trust. Universalist Society v. Fitch, 8 Gray [Mass.], 421; Smith v. Bonhoof, 2 Mich. 115 . See, also, Tomlin v. Blunt, 31 Ill. App. 234 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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