Hydanus v. McMahan’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently December 2018
23 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Most-quoted passages
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“. . . Although Mrs. Culver left four brothers and three sisters who survived her, as well as a large number of nephews and nieces, the provisions of the will cut off all but a very few of her relatives with one dollar. The estate was approximately $30,000, yet no blood relative received more than $300. There were two charitable bequests of $1,000 each, but it is undeniable that the transfer of the residue to Mrs. Hydanus was a remarkable and unnatural bequest which raised a red flag of warning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial judge's conclusions that Mrs. Culver's family was normally solicitous of her and cared for her when she was sick are also warranted. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is obvious that the proposed will itself reflects a result which might be attributable to undue influence. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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