Wood v. Stute’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burgess v. Sylvester · Rothermel v. Duncan · Matter of Estate of Woods · Muller v. Reeher · Phillips v. Phillips
Most-quoted passages
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“1) the existence and exertion of influence; 2) the effective operation of such influence so as to subvert or overpower the mind of the testatrix at the time of the execution of the testament; and 3) the execution of a will which the testatrix would not have executed but for such influence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gaines v. Frawley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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