King v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘We are all clearly of opinion that this exemption cannot extend beyond what Is sufficient to keep such of the animals as the defendant may have at the time of the levy. This exemption is given to render that of the animals practically beneficial; as it would *be of little use to exempt the animals if the food necessary for their sustenance were liable to be taken from the owner. But if the debtor have none of the animals specified, the reason for exempting the food for them wholly fails. If he has none of the animals which the statute exempts, there is nothing upon which this exemption of the animals can operate, and the exemption of food for such animals, which is dependent upon it, fails with it.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Byrnes v. John Deere Plow Co.

2. ““If the statute, in cases where the debtor has not the full amount of the property exempted by this section, had provided an exemption of money or other property for the purpose of enabling him to purchase enough to make up the deficiency, there might be good reason for holding the feed for the animals exempted, though he had not the animals at the time of the levy; but the statute has adopted no such principle.” (King v. Moore, 10 Mich. 538, 540 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Byrnes v. John Deere Plow Co.