Lawson v. Burgee’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. ““I also give and bequeath unto my wife, Sarah W. Lawson, for the support of her and my son, John W. Lawson, the net proceeds oí the income of my entire estate during her widowhood, and if she marries again she is to have one thousand dollars out of my estate, and the balance is to go to my son, John .W. Lawson; and if the net proceeds of the income of my estate does not or is not sufficient for the support of my wife, Sarah W. Lawson, and my son, John W. Lawson, and also to school, he is to have out of my estate two hundred dollars annually after he is fifteen years of age until he is twenty-one years of age for the use of schooling him. I also leave my real estate to he disposed of according to the best judgment of my executors, either to he rented or sold or disposed of in any way according as they think best.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lawson v. Burgee

2. ““To John H. Lawson and William P. N. Lawson, Executors, for the use of Sarah W. Lawson and John W. Lawson, as expressed by the will...................$1,177.57.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lawson v. Burgee