Riebow v. Ensch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 11 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. ““The petition of plaintiff in the probate court squarely raised the question of whether the real estate belonged to the estate, of George Riebow or to the estate of Ernestine Riebow. To determine that question the probate court had to construe the will, and did construe it, and held it gave Ernestine Riebow a life estate only. “No appeal having been taken from such determination by the plaintiff herein, who was petitioner therein, and the very question here presented having been there determined, such former adjudication barred plaintiff from filing the bill to have the will construed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Raseman v. Raseman

2. ““The probate court in the course of the administration of estates has power to construe a will and the construction placed upon a will in the exercise of such jurisdiction is res judicata unless an appeal is taken. Glover v. Reid, 80 Mich. 228 ; Byrne v. Hume, 84 Mich. 185 ; (on rehearing) 86 Mich. 546 ; Calhoun v. Cracknell, 202 Mich. 430 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bank of Saginaw v. Nason