Wilson v. Paulus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The part of it that I saw was: ‘In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this the twelfth day of May, A. I>. 1923.’ (Signed) ‘E. B. Wilson, Sr.’ ‘Signed, declared and published by E. B. Wilson as his last will and testament, in the presence of us, the attesting witnesses, who have hereto subscribed our names in the presence of said E. B. Wilson, at his special instance and request, this the 12th day of May, A. D. 1923.’ (Signed) ‘O. E. Steck, E. B. Wilson, Jr.’ That is the part I had reference to. Because I recognize my signature, from which I know I signed this, and from this statement, saying that I saw E. B. Wilson sign this, and signed it in his presence, I say that I saw it signed. My impression is that this was signed in the back end of the First National Bank, in Bellville, Texas. I cannot say positively whether E. B. Wilson, Jr., was there. Basing my testimony on this paragraph which I just read, E. B. Wilson, Jr., was present. When this instrument was signed I was 47 years old. I think E. B. Wilson, Jr., must have been about 30 years old; he was over 14 years old. I treated old man E. B. Wilson, I was his family physician about 20 years. I saw him frequently. In my opinion he was not of unsound mind; he was of sound mind. I was well acquainted with him.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Paulus

2. ““Signed, declared and published by E. B. Wilson as his last will and testament in the presence of us the attesting witnesses, who have hereto subscribed our names in the presence of E. B. Wilson, at his special instance and request, this the 12th day of May, A. D. 1923.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Paulus

3. ““Of my own knowledge I do not know whether or not Mr. Wilson ever revoked this will.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Paulus