Sanchez v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) by executing a subsequent will that revokes the previous will or part expressly or by inconsistency; or (2) by performing a revocatory act on the will if the testator performed the act with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the will or part or if another individual performed the act in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gushwa v. Hunt · GUSHWA v. Hunt

2. “Generally, the question whether a will can be revoked by a writing not testamentary in character depends upon the provisions of the governing statute.... [W]here the statute omits the clause "some other writing" or its equivalent, and simply states that no will shall be revoked except by some other "will, testament or codicil in writing, declaring the same," it has been held that a will may not be revoked by a writing not testamentary in character.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gushwa v. Hunt

3. “the intent of the testator, no matter how unequivocal, is insufficient to effect revocation if it does not comply with the statutory method of revocation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. GUSHWA v. Hunt