Hamilton v. Ferrall’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
November 1965
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Born v. Horstmann · Michigan Trust Co. v. Bronson · In Re Estate of Heywood · 12 Cal. App. 449 - South End Warehouse Co. v. Lavery
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.
“"In the pending case the trial court adopted the view that the intention of the testator was to protect his daughter; that he knew that so long as she was married to Alex C. Hamilton she would be supported by him, but anticipating that the death or divorce of the husband would end his daughter's support from that source, the testator tried to provide for her better support in either of these contingencies."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"* * * When by will he creates a trust a liberal construction should be given to its terms, it being the policy of the law to carry out the testator's intention so far as possible. * * * The language of the trust must admit of no other reasonable construction than that of illegality before a court will declare it invalid."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.