Earnshaw Appeal’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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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. “We are not unduly troubled by the question of semantics. The purpose of the Incompetents’ Estates Act is preventative [sic] and protective in nature. Card’s Appeal, 177 Pa.Super. 502 , 110 A.2d 856 [1955]. The following language of President Judge Baldridge in Refior’s Case, 160 Pa.Super. 305 , 50 A.2d 523, 527 [1947], is particularly appropriate: “Whether an alleged incompetent is found to be mentally ‘confused,’ ‘defective,’ ‘feeble,’ or ‘weak’ is not vitally important. If, as here, it appears that one’s mind is so affected that as a consequence thereof he is liable to dissipate or lose his property and become the victim of designing persons, the court, if other requirements are met, may appoint [or refuse to remove] a guardian”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 365 Pa. Super. 195 - Smith v. Smith