Lyons v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
224 F. 772 · 1915
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1943
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Basket v. Hassell · State v. McFetridge · Commonwealth v. Crompton · State v. Hill · Dillard v. Dillard
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““I give and bequeath to my brother, Michael Lyons, of Ganaveen, Ireland, the residue of my money in bank remaining after the payment of my aforesaid funeral expenses, debts, costs and expenses of administration of my estate and the legacies aforesaid. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lyons v. Lyons
How this case has been treated — in progress
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