Hoffmann v. Hoffmann's’s Empirical Analysis

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31 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is insisted by counsel for defendant that this proceeding involves the enforcement of a contract between husband and wife, and also the accounting of a trustee as to funds held in trust, and they are, therefore, of purely equitable cognizance and must be determined by a court having equity jurisdiction, and are not, therefore, within the jurisdiction of the probate court. ‘ ‘ The Constitution of the State gives to the probate courts jurisdiction ‘over all matters pertaining to probate business. ’ As a matter pertaining to probate business the statute declares that ‘the probate court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all suits and other proceedings instituted against executors and administrators upon any demand against the estate of the testator or intestate.’ This provision seems broad enough to include all money demands of whatever nature, whether legal or equitable, and so it was held in Hammons v. Renfrow, 84 Mo. 341 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Stetina v. Reynolds

2. ““Undoubtedly we think the liability of the trustee under the marriage contract would constitute but a single demand, though the items with which he is chargeable came into his hands at different times and from different sources.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. De Weese v. Smith