Harvey v. Griggs’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. ““All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real, personal or mixed, of which I shall be possessed or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease, I direct my executor hereinafter named, and my sister Mrs. Elizabeth H. Gause to divide and distribute according to their best judgment.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Wash. 2d 408 - In Re Lidston's Estate · 32 Wash. 2d 408 - Cunningham v. Davis

2. “There being, then, no trust, the residue is given absolutely to the person who was named as executor and to Elizabeth H. Gause. They were given an unqualified power to dispose of the property constituting the residuary estate and the conferring of such power is an absolute gift.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Wash. 2d 408 - In Re Lidston's Estate