Wyeth v. Merchant’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 1969
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matter of the Estate Op Bernard NewMan · Hockaday v. Lynn · Gilliam v. . Guaranty Trust Co. · Warren v. Prescott · St. Louis Union Trust Co. v. Hill
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.
““In case my said grand daughter shall die without issue surviving her then the whole of said trust fund remaining at the date of her death and all increase thereof shall be paid to my son Huston or his heirs and the trust hereby created shall terminate.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Merchant v. Wyeth
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.