Taylor v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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

• “whether a legacy is vested or contingent depends upon the event, and not on the time. If the event is uncertain, the legacy is contingent, though the time is fixed; and, if certain, the legacy is vested, although the time is uncertain.”
• “whether a legacy is vested or contingent depends upon the event, and not on the time. If the event is uncertain, the legacy is contingent, though the time is fixed; and, if certain, the legacy is vested, although the time is uncertain.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fulton v. Fulton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1917-04-06· cited 50×
• Schooley v. Schooley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1918-10-25· cited 32×
• Birdsall v. Birdsall
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1912-10-18· cited 24×
• Beedy v. Finney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1902-10-28· cited 23×
• Lytle v. Guilliams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-03-07· cited 22×
• Sherlock v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1914-10-06· cited 22×
• Horner v. Haase
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1916-06-29· cited 17×
• Rowett v. McFarland
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-10-01· cited 16×
• Ætna Life Ins. v. Hoppin
  Seventh Circuit· 1914-01-12· cited 15×
• Kepler v. Larson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1906-09-21· cited 12×
• State v. Goldberg
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-26· cited 10×
• In re the Estate of Tolerton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1915-02-10· cited 8×
• Bladt v. Bladt
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1921-03-15· cited 8×
• In Re Estate of Braun
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-02-11· cited 7×
• In Re Will of Uchtorff
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-03-18· cited 5×
• Woodard v. Woodard
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1918-11-22· cited 5×
• Hudnutt v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1937-10-26· cited 1×
• Uchtorff v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-03-18· cited 1×
• Johnson v. Dennis
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2024-04-10

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moore v. Littel
  New York Court of Appeals· 1869-09-15· cited 172×
• Goebel v. . Wolf
  New York Court of Appeals· 1889-04-16· cited 108×
• Ebey v. Adams
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1890-11-01· cited 70×
• McClure's Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1873-05-17· cited 49×
• Mercantile Bank of New York v. Ballard's Assignee
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1885-12-17· cited 37×
• Gilmor's Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1893-05-08· cited 30×
• Young v. Young
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1893-02-16· cited 28×
• Manderson v. Lukens
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1854-07-01· cited 26×
• Wilhelm v. Calder
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1897-05-21· cited 25×
• White v. McPheeters
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1882-04-15· cited 16×