Stone v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis
163 F.2d 704 · 1947
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on John Smith v. Robert Bell · Alexander Finlay v. William King's Lessee · Walker v. Thomas · Baldwin v. National Savings & Trust Co. · Board of Directors of City Trusts v. Maloney
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . The great and leading principle in the construction of wills is that the intention of the testator, if not inconsistent with the rules of law, shall govern, and that intent must be ascertained from the whole will taken together, and no part thereof to which meaning and operation can be given, consistent with the general intention of the testator, shall be rejected. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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