Holley v. Grigg’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 118th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Texas Employment Commission · Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp. v. Daniel · Kelley-Coppedge, Inc. v. Highlands Insurance Co.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Any of the following provisions in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage,' promissory note, deposit agreement, employees’ trust, retirement account, deferred compensation arrangement, custodial agreement, pension plan, trust agreement, conveyance of real or personal property, securities, accounts with financial institutions as defined in Part 1 of this chapter, mutual fund account, or any other written instrument effective as a contract, gift, conveyance, or trust is deemed to be nontestamentary, and this code does not invalidate the instrument or any provision: (1) that money or other benefits theretofore due to, controlled, or owned by a decedent shall be paid after his death to a person designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently; (2) that any money due or to become due under the instrument shall cease to be payable in event of the death of the promisee or the promissor before payment or demand; or (3) that any property which is the subject of the instrument shall pass to a person designated by the decedent in either the instrument or a separate writing, including a will, executed at the same time as the instrument or subsequently.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Beatty v. Holmes“The provisions of a will are expressly made inapplicable to provisions for payment or withholding of monies in the form of other non-testamentary transfers arising by contract or gift. (i.e. provisions for the payment or withholding of money at death in an insurance policy, contract of employment, bond, mortgage, promissory note, deposit agreement, pension plan, trust agreement, conveyance of real or personal property, or any other instrument affecting the contract, gift or conveyance or trust).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Beatty v. Holmes
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.