Wolfe v. Mueller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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

1. ““Under tlie terms of tlie statute, each spouse lias tlie option to take the property given by a will or one-lialf of the estate, and unless the written consent is given, he must be deemed to have elected to take the portion under the statute. In this case, no notice was given of the filing of the will, and the surviving husband never had the opportunity of electing. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Deutsch v. Rohlfing

2. ““A will of a married woman should not be admitted to probate as conveying the entire estate until the written consent of such husband, after her death, is given.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hodgkins v. Ashby