121 Ind. App. 335 - Haas v. Haas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““These statutes have been construed to mean that in all cases where there is a will, the widow is conclusively bound by it unless she renounces its provisions and elects to take under the law in the manner pointed out in the statute. Fosher v. Gilliams, Executor, 1889, 120 Ind. 172 , 22 N.E. 118 , Collins v. Collins, 1891, 126 Ind. 559 , 25 N.E. 704 , 28 N.E. 190 .) To put it another way, on the death of a husband who made testamentary provisions for his wife, the failure of the surviving widow to make her election to take under the law instead of the will within six months after the probate thereof raises a conclusive presumption that she has accepted the provisions made for her in the will. Easterday, v. Easterday, 1938, 105 Ind.App. 80 , 10 N.E.2d 764 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hartt v. Hartt

2. ““The purpose and effect of §6-2332, supra, is to make it impossible for a married man by testamentary disposition of his property to deprive his widow of a full one-third thereof. It has no application in cases of intestacy and therefore the choice a widow has is between the one-third, of which the law says she cannot be deprived and what she gets under the terms of a valid will. In other words, the election statute is predicated upon the assistance of a valid will.”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 123 Ind. App. 585 - Able v. Bane