Slater v. Lineberry’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2011
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mansour v. Rabil · WACHOVIA BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. Wolfe · Wing v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., NA · Joyner v. Duncan
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ITEM FOUR: I will, devise and bequeath to my three children, to wit: Ola Mae Taylor Lineberry, Gladys Taylor Miller, and Velma Taylor Slater, subject to the life estate of my said wife, all of the lands that I may own at the time of my death, absolutely and in fee simple, and it is my will that my executor sell at public auction for cash the said lands after the death of my said wife, and divide the proceeds among my three children, or in the event that any of them should predecease me, then I want her share to go to her children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“every word and clause must, if possible, be given effect and apparent conflicts reconciled.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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