Chaney v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “We decline to pass on the title of the Tennessee real property and, therefore, on whether less than all of the plaintiffs are entitled to rent proceeds as a set-off. It is correctly observed by the plaintiffs that our previous decision did not rule against [Chaney and Soetaert’s] right to take under Verda Gray’s will.’ More to the point, we did not rule that Chaney and Soetaert would take under Verda’s will, thereby entitling them to the rent proceeds.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chaney v. Cooper