Wheeler v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martin, Etc. v. Eslick · Moran v. Moran · Frierson v. Moorhead · Fields v. Fields · Palmer v. Habig
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.
“It is my will and desire that my daughter, Lillie Williams, receive all property, personal and real, that her mother, Frankie Williams, have or possessed with at her death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I hereby give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Frankie Williams, all my property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.