Moore v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 state decisions

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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"All claims against the estate of a decedent . . . whether due or to become due, must be presented within six months after the grant of letters testamentary or of administration; and if not presented within that time, they are forever barred and the payment or allowance thereof is prohibited. . . ."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Motley v. Battle · 569 So. 2d 697 - Alabama Kraft Co. v. SOUTHEAST ALA. GAS

2. “"All claims whether absolute or conditional, whether payable presently or in the future, are within the statute. [Citations omitted.] It is only contingent claims—claims which may never accrue—that fall within the provision postponing a presentation `until eighteen months after the same have accrued;' such as the liability of a surety who has no demand against the principal until his payment of the debt for which he is bound."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 569 So. 2d 697 - Alabama Kraft Co. v. SOUTHEAST ALA. GAS · Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Kuykendall

3. “". . . the statute of nonclaim is clear and unambiguous and `must be construed to mean just what the words import', and the words `all claims against the estate of the decedent' should be construed to include all claims not specifically excepted, and thus to include tort claims."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Motley v. Battle · 445 So. 2d 262 - Ivory v. Fitzpatrick