Dickenson v. Buck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * [The] appellant was the sole heir at law or 'legal heir' of Henry P. Dickenson, the foster father and life tenant at the time of the latter's death. Being such, he necessarily was the remainderman intended by the testator to take the estate, if we give effect and meaning to the clear and unambiguous language of the testator, which, of course, we must do.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Newsome v. Scott

2. ““The weight of authority seems to be that an adopted child inherits from his foster parents but not through them. The foster parent takes the adopted child as one of his prospective next of kin but the foster parent cannot place the adopted child for inheritance purposes upon his relations.” 169 Va. at p. 48 , 192 S. E. at p. 752 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mott v. National Bank of Commerce

3. “We deem it important to emphasize the fact in this particular case that the right to inherit as heirs at law under the statutes of descents and distributions is not involved. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Newsome v. Scott