Sumner v. Newton’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. ““It is clearly manifest from the will of Mrs. Goodal that she intended to pledge all the residue of her estate, after the other trusts created therein were executed, to the support and maintenance of Cyprian and Mary G-. Chandler during their respective lives, and to place each of them beyond the reach of want while he or she survived, and while any portion of her estate should remain unexpended. ... In the vicissitudes of human affairs she may come to want. Should such a misfortune overtake her, the intention of the testatrix was to provide a fund to which she might again resort for her main tenance. ... It would be a most pernicious and dangerous rule to allow testamentary trusts for the support of dependent persons to be absolutely terminated upon the mere consent of the beneficiaries, without regard to their capacity or the circumstances under which such consent was obtained, and without any guaranty against future adverse conditions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cowie v. Strohmeyer

2. ““It would be a most pernicious and dangerous rule to allow testamentary trusts for the support of dependent persons to be absolutely terminated upon the mere consent of the beneficiaries, without regard to their capacity or the circumstances under which such consent was obtained, and without any guaranty against future adverse conditions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mathiowetz v. Stack