65 Wis. 2d 440 - McElligott v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . (a)' . an omission to cover the contingency which subsequently arose, ...’(b) ‘. . . the ascertainment of the intention of the testator from all the words used in the will in light of surrounding circumstances to fill in a void or an omission in the expressed terms of the will. . . .’ (c) that the ‘. . . clue to the intention is imbedded in the words of the will. . . .’ ” Connolly, swpra, at pages 461, 462.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 71 Wis. 2d 306 - Trust Created Under the Last Will & Testament of Pauly v. First Wisconsin Trust Co.

2. ““The appellant here was not a successful litigant, either in this court or the trial court, nor was he named executor in the will admitted to probate or any other will of Nellie Connolly. He is not, therefore, legally eligible to an award of his costs and attorney’s fees from the corpus of the estate.” Id. at page 458.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 72 Wis. 2d 8 - Bethesda Church v. Menning