3 N.C. App. 498 - Bear v. Bear’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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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.

1. “Unless a contrary intent is indicated by the will, where a devise or legacy of any interest in property is given to a person as an individual or as a member of a class and the person dies survived by qualified issue before the testator dies, then the qualified issue of such deceased person that survive the testator shall represent the deceased person, and the entire interest that the deceased person would have taken had he survived the testator shall pass by substitution to his qualified issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re the Will of Hubner · 105 N.C. App. 599 - In re the Will of Hubner

2. “Where a residuary devise or legacy is void, revoked, lapsed or for any other reason fails to take effect with respect to any devisee or legatee named in the residuary clause itself or a member of a class described therein, then such devise or legacy shall continue as part of the residue and shall pass to the other residuary devisees or legatees if any; or, if none, shall pass as if the testator had died intestate with respect thereto.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re the Will of Hubner · 105 N.C. App. 599 - In re the Will of Hubner

3. “`When courts are called upon to interpret [statutes], the words selected by the Legislature should be given their generally accepted meaning unless it is manifest that such definition will do violence to legislative intent.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 118 N.C. App. 666 - Blackmon v. North Carolina Department of Correction