Lotwin v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Was the will such a one as the testator wanted to make? His reasons for so making it may be good or bad, or there may be no reasons whatsoever for the making of it. If it is clearly apparent that it was in fact his will, it is immaterial what reasons he had for the making of the will in the manner in which it is made. He is entitled to have his will carried out according to its directions.” Will of Lotwin, 186 Wis. 42, 49 , 202 N. W. 151 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schaefer v. Ziebell