Stephenson v. . Short’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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

1. ““We concur with, the General Term in holding that a missionary society is a religious society, and are of opinion that the clause subjecting the appellant to the provisions of law relating to devises and bequests to religious societies, is sufficient to extend to it all provisions on the subject relating to any kind of religious society, and that consequently section 6 of the act of 1848, must, on the authority of Kerr v. Dougherty, 79 N. Y. 327 , and Lefevre v. Lefevre, 59 N. Y. 434 , be held to apply to the bequest to this last-named appellant””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Smith's Ex'r

2. ““No person leaving a wife or child or parent, shall devise or bequeath to such institution or corporation (formed under the Laws of 1848, chapter 319) more than one-half of his or her estate, after the payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of such one-half, and no such devise or bequest shall be valid, in any will which shall not have been made and executed at least two months before the death of the testator””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Smith's Ex'r