Heymann v. Luchsinger’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In what we have said we do not wish to be understood as denying the right of the deceased to freely change his residence at will and for no other reason than to escape taxation in Wisconsin, and the right to choose another residence implies the right to declare his choice even for the sole purpose of making evidence to prove what his choice was. ‘Such declarations are not self-serving in an improper sense, unless they are made with intent to deceive. If they are false and made for a sinister purpose, they will meet the fate that falsehood always meets in courts of justice when discovered by the triers of fact’ Matter of Newcomb, 192 N. Y. 238, 252 , 84 N. E. 950 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Incorporation of the Village of Chenequa

2. ““. . . The declarations of the party before, at, and after the time of change of domicile are admissible, as well as all the facts and circumstances gained with such change of domicile. ...” 7”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 36 Wis. 2d 470 - Doern v. Crawford