Perry v. Boyce’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
February 1984
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Wright v. Wright · Roberts v. Sutton
Most-quoted passages
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“we must hold that Perry was not entitled to take an heir, devisee or legatee " 34 N.W.2d at 572. Nevertheless, the court found that the authorities cited in Roberts were applicable and ruled that "(s)ince the facts and circumstances warrant an inference of an agreement to adopt, Perry, in absence of any heir at law, is equitably entitled to all the real and personal property of which MacGregor died possessed, the same as if he had been his actual son.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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