Chilson v. Rogers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is enough that a writing freely, fairly and legally made shall express the consent of the husband or wife that the other may bequeath or devise more than one-half of his or her property away from the one consenting. ... Of course, a written consent, like other instruments, will not be valid if it is obtained by deception, undue influence or fraud of any kind. . . . The consent provided for is akin to the -provision that a widow may elect to take under the law instead of under the will of her husband. . . . It is held that an election freely and intelligently made is a finality which effectually concludes and estops the widow from setting aside her decision or reclaiming the relinquished right.” (pp. 428, 429, 430.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Menke v. Duwe

2. ““The consent provided for is akin to the provision that a widow may elect to take under the law, instead of under the will of her husband.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bacus v. Burns