Ellis v. Bruce’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 9 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is our will and desire that the survivor of us ... shall ... have all the Estate of every description ... to be used, occupied, enjoyed, conveyed or expended by during the life of such survivor as such survivor may desire and that upon the death of such survivor, any of such Estate then remaining, shall pass and be immediately vested in J.C. Bruce_”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alviar v. Gonzalez

2. ““death of the survivor of us that J. C. Bruce [a nephew] have and that full - title fie vested in him to all the property then remaining, real, personal and mixed, to be used as he may desire so long as he lives and at his death then the remaining property, if any, shall pass to and be immediately vested as follows:” [to the brothers and sisters].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hobson v. Shelton

3. ““When the same words are used in different parts of the will with reference to the same subject matter, it will be presumed that they were intended to have the same significance, unless there is something in the context to show use in a different sense.” (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ellis v. First National Bank in Dallas