Hicks v. Jeffress’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * Provided, that in all cases where the property is acquired by the joint industry of husband and wife during coverture, and there is no issue, the whole estate shall go to the survivor, at whose death if any of the said property remain, one-half of such property shall go to the heirs of the husband and one-half to the heirs of the wife, according to the right of representation.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Royston v. Besett · McMahon v. Foley

2. ““It is well settled that the proviso in section 1617, supra, does not constitute a rule of property in this state, that is, it does not establish what is known as community property or any other rule of property for the reason that no one acquires vested right as heir to the property of a living person, but is purely a rule of descent and distribution.” (Emphasis ours.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Detrich v. Detrich · McMahon v. Foley

3. “cash in the hands of the executor belonging to the estate.”

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