Calvert v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The question here is raised, as is ordinarily true in such cases, when the lips of the alleged adopter have been sealed by death and in an effort to establish an interest in property. Such claims should be received with caution. Before one should be decreed to be the adopted child and heir of another in the absence of compliance with the statute prescribing a simple method of effecting the status, proof of the facts essential to invoke the intervention of equity should be clear, unequivocal and convincing." [ 149 Tex. 573 , 235 S.W. 2d 978 ]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moorman v. Hunnicutt · Lowrey v. Botello

2. “"In Sommers v. Doersam, 115 Ohio St. 139 , 152 N.E. 387, 389 , Supreme Court of Ohio, the Court in considering a devise in a will conditioned that the devise remained unmarried until her death and has `legally adopted a child' had this to say: "`The expression "legally adopted" means in accordance with the laws of the state in force and effect at the time of the execution of the will. These matters are, of course, statutory, as adoption was unknown to the common law of England; * * *. His use of the words "legally adopted" indicates his desire that any adoption made by his widow should be in accordance with the law of the land.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moorman v. Hunnicutt