Cleaves v. Kenney’s Empirical Analysis
63 F.2d 682 · 1933
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1979
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dicken v. McKinley · Gould v. Mansfield · Stahl v. Stevenson · Burt v. Merchants' Insurance · Downey v. Guilfoile
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.
“No agreement to make a will of real or personal property or to give a legacy or make a devise shall be binding unless such agreement is in writing signed by the person whose executor or administrator is sought to be charged, or by some person by him duly authorized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“I cannot doubt that what the Legislature had in mind by the expression, `No agreement to make a will,' etc., was really, `No agreement about making a will,' etc.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.