Bittner v. Bittner’s Empirical Analysis
1932
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently December 1980 · most notably Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children of Texas v. Stahl (1980), Kirk v. Beard (1961)
1 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McMurry v. Stanley · Darragh v. Barmore · Matter of Accounting of Benson · Lamb v. . Lamb · Galloway v. Darby
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That I, Edith Cavitt, a feme sole, a resident of Brazos County, Texas, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills and codicil by me at anytime heretofore made. I. I direct that all my just debts, including all Estate, Inheritance and Succession taxes shall be paid out of the rest and residue of my estate by my Executors hereinafter named as soon after my decease as may by them be found convenient. II. I specifically give, devise and bequeath unto my sister, Ethel Cavitt, the following property, to-wit: A. All my household and kitchen furniture, personal effects, including automobiles, owned by me and situated on our home tract, together with all coins, if any, owned by me at the time of my death. B. A life interest in my one-half interest in the following described properties. 1. The ranch of about 745 acres in the R. Stevenson League in Brazos County, Texas, formerly owned by Fred Cavitt. 2. The service station and land located in the City of College Station, Texas, originally owned by the Estate of Esther Cavitt Sims, Deceased, being now under lease to Texaco, Inc., and being in the D. A. Smith Subdivision in said city, 3. The W. R. Cavitt Home Place and the property immediately adjoining same on the West, same being property originally owned by Horace Cavitt, property described in this Sub Section 3 being all of Lot No. 16 in Phillips Addition to the City of Bryan, in Brazos County, Tex”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilson v. Clay
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.