West v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1898
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
June 1952
most recently cited
7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To work a revocation by a subsequent will, it must be in writing, signed and attested as required by section 8870, because `every will' is required to be so executed by that section.”
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.