Hooker v. Barton’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 1978
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cedars of Lebanon Hospital v. Pagel · Craig v. McVey · In Re Estate of Young · Elrod v. Purdin
Most-quoted passages
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“We have long been committed to the rule that where an instrument is tendered to probate as an holographic will, it must be plainly apparent that it was the intention of the deceased that the paper should stand for her last will and testament, and an insturment should be denied Probate unless such intention is plainly apparent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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