374 So. 2d 287 - Killough v. DeVaney’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Rosenblum · Lewis v. Martin · Tuscaloosa County v. Shamblin · Carmack v. State · Morris v. State
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.
““The general rule is that when parties stand in a confidential relationship and the evidence tends to show that the beneficiary is the dominant party in that relationship, the law raises a presumption of undue influence and places on the beneficiary the burden to repel the presumption when the transaction is assailed. Terry v. Terry, 336 So.2d 159 (Ala.1976).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lorenza v. Brothers
How this case has been treated — in progress
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