Smith v. Harmer’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Butcher v. Kunst · Bridgman v. Bridgman · Smith v. Lurty · 78 W. Va. 455 - Taylor v. Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Co. · In re the Administration of the Estate of Stollings
Most-quoted passages
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“"If there be no executor appointed by the will, or if all the executors therein named refuse the executorship, or fail when required to give such bond, which shall amount to such refusal, or have died, such court, or clerk thereof during the recess of the regular sessions of such court, may grant administration, with the will annexed, to the person who would have been entitled to administration if there had been no will, and he shall take such oath and give such bond.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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