Peterkin v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1959
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estate of Perkins · Estate of Dolbeer · Estate of Chevallier · Estate of Casarotti · 110 Cal. App. 550 - Estate of Bemmerly
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the actual mental condition of the testatrix at the time of the execution of the will is the question to be determined,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Estate of Brast
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.