Wolfe v. Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mumaw v. Mumaw · McCutchan v. Heizer · Searls v. Perry
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Testamentary intent ... means that the writing offered for probate must have been executed by the testator with the intent that such writing take effect as his last will.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Irving v. Divito“[t]estamentary intent is determined by looking at the document itself, not from extrinsic evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Irving v. Divito
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.