Weathers v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 1956
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cannon v. . Cannon · Elmore v. Austin · Heyer v. . Bulluck · Williams v. . Rand · Holland v. . Smith
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 intention of the testatrix is her will. This intention is to be gathered from the general purpose of the will and the significance of the various expressions, enlarged or restricted according to their real intent. In interpreting the different provisions of a will, the courts are not confined to the literal meaning of a single phrase. A thing within the intention is regarded within the will though not within the letter. A thing within the letter is not within the will if not also within the intention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hubbard v. Wiggins
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.