Winans v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2012
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Madden v. Rhodes · 549 So. 2d 1309 - Bowers Window & Door Co. v. Dearman · Scally v. Wardlaw · 520 So. 2d 1370 - Matter of Estate of Edwards · Humes, Ncm, Etc. v. Krauss
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he test of one’s capacity to execute a will “is the ability of the testator at the time to understand and appreciate the nature and effect of his act, the natural objects or persons to receive his bounty, and their relation to him, and is capable of determining what disposition he desires to make of his property.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. Dodson
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.