Hay v. Boling’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is apparent upon a consideration of the purpose of the enactment of said section 11 [anti-lapse provision] that the child or grandchild taking the legacy or devise of his or her parent or grandparent takes such legacy or devise under and by virtue of the will of the testator or testatrix and not by descent from his or her parent or grandparent, and in determining the status of the parties the child or grandchild taking under and by virtue of the provisions of said section 11 must be deemed to take under the will precisely as if such child or grandchild had been specifically designated in the will as a legatee or devisee.” (Emphasis added.) (Hay v. Boling (1911), 162 Ill. App. 55, 58-59 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 265 Ill. App. 3d 256 - Dooley v. Reimer Farms, Inc.