Key v. Sneed’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““We think that section is inapplicable to the problem of income. That section is an outgrowth of a rule that as against residuary legatees, specific legacies will draw interest at the legal rate after the expiration of one year from the date of death of the testator. The purpose of the rule was to force timely closing of estates and to discourage residuary legatees in control of an estate from delaying settlement so that the accumulation of income from the property, which should rightfully be in the possession of the specific legatee, would benefit the residuary legatees. In re McGregor’s Estate, (1936) 210 Ind. 546 , 2 N.E.2d 395 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fall v. Miller

2. “A general legacy has been defined as a bequest out of the general assets of the testator's estate, such as a gift of money or other things in quantity not in any way separated or distinguished from other things of the same kind.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Trust Under the Last Will & Testament of Scheele

3. “A legacy is specific when it can be determined only by delivery of some particular portion of, or article belonging to, the estate which the testator intended should be transferred to the legatee im specie”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Trust Under the Last Will & Testament of Scheele