Meek v. Trotter

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that residuary legatees contribute proportionately to an elective share, other legatees do not, even if the residuary estate is thereby exhausted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Vines v. Vines
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1920-09-15· cited 12×
• Albright v. Albright
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1951-06-16· cited 11×
• Harris v. Bittikofer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-08-09· cited 11×
• Eastern Trust & Banking Co. v. Edmunds
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1935-07-15· cited 7×
• Hill v. Hill
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1929-04-13· cited 5×
• In re the Estate of Corigliano
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1957-06-06· cited 5×
• Hamilton Bank of Upper East Tennessee v. Milligan College
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-07-25· cited 3×
• In Re Estate of Nixon
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1962-01-19· cited 1×
• Berry v. Cunningham
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1936-12-03· cited 1×
• Hamilton National Bank of Knoxville v. Allred
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-06-20· cited 1×
• Clark v. Board of Trustees of the Tennessee Annual Conference of the Methodist Church
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-03-24

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sumpter v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-04-01· cited 63×
• Meacham v. Graham
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1897-02-10· cited 59×
• Latta v. Brown
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-03-07· cited 24×
• Vaughn v. Cator
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1886-12-23· cited 13×
• Mayer v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1906-03-19· cited 9×
• McCormick v. McElligott
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1889-06-07· cited 7×
• Sandoe's Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1870-05-03· cited 6×
• Estate of Batione
  Philadelphia County Orphans' Court· 1890-10-06· cited 4×