Hoffman v. Hoffman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• Persuasive and effective influences — such as a wife directing her husband’s attention to “proper obligations” which he should provide for in his will — are not undue so long as they are not coercive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Neill v. Brackett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1920-01-07· cited 109×
• In Re the Bible Speaks, Debtor. Elizabeth Dovydenas v. The Bible Speaks
  First Circuit· 1989-03-09· cited 35×
• Smith v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1915-10-14· cited 34×
• Costello v. Hayes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-05-23· cited 26×
• Eddy v. Eddy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-11-29· cited 24×
• In re the Probate of Papers Propounded as the Last Will & Testament & a Codicil thereto of Van Ness
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1912-12-15· cited 21×
• Smith v. Brewster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-01-07· cited 21×
• Mirick v. Phelps
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-05-24· cited 21×
• Ekern v. Erickson
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1916-05-27· cited 21×
• Miles v. Caples
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-05· cited 20×
• Smith v. Patterson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-05-24· cited 20×
• Raposa v. Oliveira
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-01-02· cited 18×
• Marshall v. Cram
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-11-09· cited 18×
• O'Brien v. Collins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-02-01· cited 18×
• Briggs v. Weston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1936-05-27· cited 15×
• In re Casco Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1960-11-30· cited 12×
• Meyerovitz v. Jacobovitz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-03-02· cited 10×
• McDonald v. MacNeil
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-05-26· cited 10×
• In Re Dilios'will
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1960-11-30· cited 8×
• Crosby v. Tracy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-02-27· cited 8×