877 So. 2d 54 - Vetrick v. Keating’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2014
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Old Colony Trust Co. v. Richardson · 703 So. 2d 487 - Pounds v. Pounds · 792 So. 2d 695 - Rollins v. Alvarez
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.
“In construing the provisions of a trust, the cardinal rule is to try to give effect to the grantor's intent, if possible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parker v. Shullman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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