Torres v. Abeyta’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1981
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lindsey v. Lindsey · In Re Hochbrunn's Estate · Petro v. Cassiday · Clark v. Baker · Hoss v. Hoss
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A condition precedent is one that must be fulfilled before an estate can vest." [Id. 671.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“not the sole reason for the bequest, because, if so, it seems likely that she would have changed her will.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.