Montgomery v. Wise’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . Such is the situation presented in the case at bar where Mrs. Montgomery, being aware in February that the husband had abandoned his contract, which she knew by its terms called for monthly payments, failed to make or tender such payments as they fell due. The abandonment of the contract by both husband and wife was complete. Its abandonment extinguished the plaintiffs’ estate, and the homestead interest fell with the same.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Dahn

2. “". . . The existence of such homestead right was entirely dependant [sic] upon her husband’s equitable title under said contract. Like a stream it could rise no higher than its source. The homestead right ceased with the extinguishment of her husband’s equitable estate in the land, and such equitable estate was extinguished by abandonment of the contract, . . .” (pp. 467, 468.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Estate of Dahn