Gray v. McCurdy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The trustee or trustees were plainly empowered to exercise judgment in deciding on a sale wholly for cash, or a sale wholly on time, or a sale for part cash and notes for the balance. A sale for all cash would reflect the decision that now was the opportune time to effect the complete conversion of the real estate 'into money. A contract to convey in the future would imply the decision that the estate would profit by a postponed conversion of the land into money, at an agreed price. A contract to sell for part cash and part notes would involve the decision that it was best for the estate to sell, though the conversion of the land into money be partially postponed. The will left it to the trustee or trustees to make either decision. In making it, the trustee or trustees were allowed to exercise unbridled discretion. “It follows that the record title of Gray, as disclosed by the abstract, was good as against defendant in error’s first objection.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Southwick v. Jones