In re Hornidge’s Empirical Analysis
1929
Citation profile
72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently September 1968 · most notably In re the Estate of Leonard (1932), In re the Estate of Shupack (1936)
72 state decisions
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 Moore v. Littel · Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co. · Carrier v. . Carrier · Matter of Durand · Kalish v. . Kalish
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The method of disposition of these remainders which were not validly appointed will be determined by the alternative gift of Mr. Terwilligar [the donor of the power]: 'In case she [wife, donee of the power] shall die intestate, then I give, devise and bequeath my said residuary estate to my wife's next of kin and to my sister.' ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.