Logan v. Cassidy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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.

1. ““A codicil likewise, if inconsistent with the preceeding" will, is, in law, a revocation of it. That is, so inconsistent that both cannot stand.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Werber v. Moses · Desportes v. Desportes

2. “The object of all constructions of a will and the codicils thereto is to ascertain what the intention of the testator is, as is well said in Simons v. Brice , 10 S.C. 368 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Desportes v. Desportes

3. “by intendment of law, was to alter, explain, add, or subtract something from the will.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Desportes v. Desportes