Vaught v. Vaught’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
3
states following
February 1985
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eaton v. Brown · Galloway v. Darby · Eagle v. Oldham · 119 Cal. App. 2d 574 - Estate of Taylor · Walker v. Hibbard
Most-quoted passages
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“‘The particular question depends upon whether the contingency is referred to as the occasion of, or reason for, making the will at the time of execution, or is referred to as the reason for making the particular disposition of property which would be disposed of thereby and is intended to specify the condition upon which the will is to become operative. In the latter case, the will is contingent or conditional. In the former it is not. 1 Page on Wills (New Rev. Treatise), 418, 423, §§ 9.1, 9.5; Annot. 1 A. L. R. 3d 1048, 1050; 57 Am. Jur. 453 , 456, §§ 671, 674; 94 C. J. S. 939, Wills § 152; In re Taylor’s Estate, 119 Cal. App. 2d 574 , 259 P. 2d 1014 (1953).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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