Wilson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1964
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jennings v. Jennings · Burdick v. Gilpin · 3 Smith & H. 168 - Cherokee Brick Co. v. Bishop · Tate v. Tate · 33 Tenn. App. 333 - Harris v. France
Most-quoted passages
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““The statute was referred to, but was found to do ‘no more than enact a rule which this Court had eagerly followed without the legislation.’ It seems regrettable that so narrow a meaning was given to the legislation which might have been used as a basis for abandoning a rule which frequently frustrates the intention of the testator, and which is uniformly rejected elsewhere.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Moulton v. Dawson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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