Gomoll v. Temple’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simpson's Estate · Kimball v. Story · Horton v. Earle · Farnsworth v. Whiting · Wood v. Seaver
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In construing a will the vital requirement is to ascertain what the testator meant, and his intention must be gathered from the instrument as a whole, read in the light of the circumstances which surrounded him when it was made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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