Bartley v. Potter’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
January 1969
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sherman v. Petroleum Exploration · May v. Justice · Gearheart v. Little
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If any estate is given by deed or will to any person for his life, and after his death to his heirs, or the heirs of his body, or his issue or descendants, such estate shall be construed to be an estate for life only in such person, and a remainder in fee simple in his heirs, or the heirs of his body, or his issue or descendants.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cheuvront v. Haley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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