55 Ill. App. 2d 464 - Stefany v. Synek’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “"A will may be revoked only (1) by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating it by the testator himself or by some person in his presence and by his direction and consent, (2) by the execution of a later will declaring the revocation, (3) by a later will to the extent that it is inconsistent with the prior will or (4) by the execution of an instrument declaring the revocation and signed and attested in the manner prescribed by this Article for the signing and attestation of a will." (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110 1/2, par. 4-7(a).)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 128 Ill. App. 3d 942 - In Re Estate of Deskins

2. “[W]ith respect to revocation by mutilation, the possession in the testator at the time of death should be such as to carry assurance that the testator's intention will not be thwarted by the ease with which a will can be mutilated or destroyed; that is to say, that the testator had such possession as does not normally admit of access or opportunity by others to mutilate or destroy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 128 Ill. App. 3d 942 - In Re Estate of Deskins