Bache Estate’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 1986
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burleigh Estate · Houston Estate · Dinkey Estate · Vandergrift Estate · Mayhew's Estate
Most-quoted passages
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“Since it is obvious that [Settlor] knew how to make a stirpital gift when he so intended, we must assume that he intended this gift to be per capita and thus give effect to the meaning of the plain language used by him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Estate of Mills
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