Campbell v. Pickering’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We see no merit in the appellants' contention that the will as a whole is so ambiguous that the intent of the testatrix cannot be determined. Where there is ambiguity in the description of the legatee, or the thing which the testatrix intended to bequeath, or the quantum or portion of the legatee, or where there is doubt as to the sense in which the words are used by the testatrix, resort may be had to extrinsic evidence. In fact, all circumstances throwing any light on the testatrix's intention must be considered."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Succession of Jones · 390 So. 2d 905 - Succession of Brice