Singelman v. Singelmann’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pendley v. Pendley · Skelton v. Skelton · Thompson v. Davitte · Wood v. Lane · Cornelius v. Crosby
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The propounder of a will has the burden of establishing a prima facie case, which includes showing the fact of the will, that at the time of its execution the testator apparently had sufficient mental capacity to make it, and in making it, the testator acted freely and voluntarily. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parker v. Kelley
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.