Becker v. Chester’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “, “Now we have gone over the history in this state of the subject of whether we have the common-law rule as to perpetuities respecting personalty, and have seen that, instead of a mere passing remark or individual expression of opinion by the Chief Justice in Dodge v. Williams, on the subject, we have the deliberate judgment of the court, estab-”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Will of Schilling v. Schilling

2. ““We adopt the doctrine that the absolute power of alienation is not suspended within the meaning of the statute so long as absolute power is located somewhere to alienate, regardless of the condition in which the equivalent of the property alienated may be left.” Becker v. Chester (1902), 115 Wis. 90, 115 , 91 N. W. 87 , 91 N. W. 650 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Butter v. Burmeister

3. ““There can be no question but the statute refers to real estate alone. It may, however, admit of doubt whether the remark of the Chief Justice is strictly accurate in saying that it abolishes the common rule of perpetuities as to personalty when applied to private trusts.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Will of Schilling v. Schilling