Loosing v. Loosing’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The later clause, or clauses, may be read in connection with the first one for the purpose of advising the court whether it actually did transfer the fee, and if it does not in itself clearly and unequivocally do so, and by a comparison thereof with the remaining parts of the instrument the court is convinced that the testator did not in fact intend to vest the greater title in the first taker, the instrument will be construed accordingly.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reuter v. Reuter

2. ““The testator did not specifically designate in his will the methods to be pursued by his widow in executing the power vested in her by him, and she therefore is at liberty to indulge her judgment or fancy by executing a deed or a will.” (p. 72.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sinke v. Muncie

3. ““The remaining children which I have not mentioned in this will, I will leave it to my wife, to give them as she sees fit out of the property I left for her to dispose of.” (p. 70.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sinke v. Muncie