Brown v. Traylor’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Probate Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Keller v. Wilson · Cain v. Bain · Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner · In the Interest of J.F.C. · Dow Chemical Co. v. Francis
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.
“A notary may be considered, and can be competent to be, a subscribing witness to a will.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.