Meadows v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““At the time of the death of a testator or testatrix title to the estate devised immediately vests in the devisees or legatees, and any portion of the estate not passing under the will vests immediately in the heirs at law of the testator or testatrix. R.C.S. of Texas 1925, Art. 3314. Under this statute and under the precedents of this state title to the property passing under a will vests in the beneficiaries under such will immediately upon the death of the maker of the will, and not in the executor. Jones v. Gilliam, Tex.Civ.App., 199 S.W. 694 ; Smith v. Price, Tex.Civ.App., 230 S.W. 836 ; Roberts v. Carlisle, Tex.Civ.App., 4 S.W.2d 144 . Of course it is true that if for any reason-the will should be denied admission to probate, the title passing to the beneficiaries would fail, and the estate would be distributed under the laws of descent and distribution. It follows from what we have said that the title to the one-tMrd interest in the 98 acres vested in appellant at the time of the death of the testatrix amd the passing of title was not deferred until the date of the order admitting the will to probate.’’ (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rowe v. Palmer