Briggs v. Peebles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

76 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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where a person makes a will the general presumption prevails that the testator intended to dispose of all of his property, and there is no presumption that the testator intended to die intestate as to part of his estate if the words used in the will may carry the whole of his property.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re the Estate of Haldiman · Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children of Texas v. Stahl

2. ““The dominant factor running through all the rules announced or discussed relating to this question is that the intent of the testator as derived from the language used in the entire instrument, considered in connection with the relation and situation of the parties, will control.” Citing cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davis v. Corabi

3. ““ ‘In case of my death what property I possess is to be divided equally between my Brothers & Sisters If they are living If not my nearest Relatives their children.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Swearingen v. Giles