Newell v. Homer

How courts have described this case

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

• presumption “always arises when a will once known to exist is not found at the death”
• proof of contents of a will must be “strong, positive and free from doubt”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-29· cited 257×
• Berkey v. Delia
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-03-26· cited 172×
• Callahan v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co., Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-13· cited 39×
• Rubenstein v. Royal Insurance of America
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-05-27· cited 39×
• Giles v. Giles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1910-01-08· cited 25×
• Stevens v. Hope
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1883-12-20· cited 23×
• Davis v. Davis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1878-01-22· cited 20×
• Schaefer v. Voyle
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1924-08-01· cited 18×
• McKay v. Kean
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1897-02-24· cited 17×
• Crocker v. Crocker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-04-05· cited 17×
• Johnson v. Kroc
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1923-07-06· cited 17×
• Ryan v. Ryan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-05· cited 16×
• Coghlin v. White
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-10-03· cited 15×
• Fuller v. Chapin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1895-11-29· cited 12×
• Iowa Wesleyan College v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1957-11-12· cited 9×
• Fay v. Vanderford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1891-10-24· cited 8×
• Drohan v. Avellar
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-09-10· cited 8×
• McCarn v. Rundall
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1900-05-16· cited 8×
• Estate of Abel v. Hitt
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1908-01-15· cited 5×
• Miniter v. Irwin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-01-04· cited 3×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• In re Will
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1873-11-15· cited 27×