Cooper v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Will other than holographic or nuncupa-tive. The execution of a will, other than a holographic or nuncupative will, must be by the signature of the testator and of at least two (2) witnesses as follows: (1) The testator shall signify to the attesting witnesses that the instrument is his will and either: (A) Himself sign; (B) Acknowledge his signature already made; or (C) At his direction and in his presence have someone else sign his name for him; and (D) In any of the above eases the act must be done in the presence of two (2) or more attesting witnesses. (2) The attesting witnesses must sign: (A) In the presence of the testator; and (B) In the presence of each other.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Estate of Ross