Beachey v. Heiple’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As to the objection that the Statute of Frauds precludes the plaintiff from recovery; one of the cases cited by the appellees as to multifariousness might; be cited as an answer to that contention, Ruhe vs. Ruhe, supra. But there are several complete answers to the objection as now raised. Section VII of Car. 11, Cap. 3, Statute of Frauds, does not provide that the trusts shall be constituted in writing', .but “all declarations or creations of trusts and confidence of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be manifested and proved by some writing, etc.” See Maccubbin vs. Cromwell, 7 G. & J., 157 ; Gordon vs. McCulloh, 66 Md. 215 . “It therefore follows, that a bill need not charge the trust to be in writing, at least it is not demurrable on that account, for the writing is no part of the trust, but only the evidence to prove it at the hearing.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Raith v. Leckner