Lampe v. Wille’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 56 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Except as provided in section 46 [59-610], no will in writing shall be revoked or altered otherwise than by some other will in writing; or by some other writing of the testator declaring such revocation or alteration and executed with the same formalities with which the will itself was required by law to be executed; or unless such will be burnt, tom, canceled, obliterated or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the same, by the testator himself or by another person in his presence by his direction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Estate of Grisell

2. ““What an instrument is intended to accomplish must be gathered from its four corners and not from single words, isolated phrases or even sentences. Facts and circumstances surrounding its execution become competent only in the event the instrument is ambiguous on its face and requires aid to clarify its intent.” (Syl. ¶ 2.) (Our italics.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bailey v. Talbert

3. ““While it is indispensable to the validity of a will that a testator should know its contents at the time of execution, knowledge will ordinarily be presumed from the execution of the instrument. The presumption, however, is only a prima facie one and may be rebutted.” (Syl. IT 8.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winn v. Maurer