Basnight v. Dill’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1981
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. . Taylor · Carroll v. Herring · Heefner v. . Thornton · Rudisill v. Hoyle · Barco v. . Owens
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When real estate shall be devised to any person, the same shall be held and construed to be a devise in fee simple, unless such devise shall, in plain and express words, show, or it shall be plainly intended by the will, or some part thereof, that the testator intended to convey an estate of less dignity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Adcock v. Perry
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.