Murphy v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently October 1997 · most notably In Re Gallagher's Will (1953), Crawford's Estate (1940)
4 federal appellate · 57 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Henderson, Et Vir. v. Usher · Biscayne Realty & Insurance v. Ostend Realty Co. · The Third Ave. Co. v. Keely · Lowrimore v. First Savings & Trust Co. · Pee v. Carlyle
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It will be observed that the statute does not say `free from all debts of the decedent,' but `free from all liability for the debts of the decedent.' In fine, the statute is an exemption statute in this particular and exempts the widow's share of her deceased husband's estate from certain burdens that would otherwise attach, but for such statutory exemption, * * *." 170 So. at page 869 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Payne's Estate““Tenth. I direct that all Federal and State inheritance, transfer, estate, succession, legacy, death and other taxes and expenses in connection with the administration of my estate be paid out of my residuary estate.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The election of a widow to take dower as against her husband's will makes inoperative the provisions of the will for the widow's benefit * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Griley v. Griley
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.