Trigg v. Herndon’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
December 1999
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · Barnard v. Keathley · Earney v. Clay · Bopst v. Williams · Gilmore v. Thomas
Most-quoted passages
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“It is quite natural, and not at all censurable, that she should desire her son, who had been his father’s mainstay during his last days, to have the home place, instead of a stranger...and, if she determined on letting her son have the farm at the highest price she had reason to think could be obtained for it, she should not be pronounced derelict for not seeking other buyers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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