Nelson v. Paxton’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Peak v. Ellicott · Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Hanover State Bank · Myers v. Board of Education · Kansas State Bank v. First State Bank · Arnold Investment Co. v. Citizens State Bank
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is well settled that before one having a claim arising from a misappropriation, such as this, can have it decreed to be a trust fund and a first lien upon the assets in the hands of the receiver he must show that the proceeds arising from the unauthorized appropriation of his property were a part, in some form, of the assets which came into the hands of the receiver.” (p. 396.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cheney v. Johnson““It would seem to require no argument to establish the fact that if the bank held notes that were valueless, though carried on their books as valuable, money placed in the bank for those notes increased the live and valuable assets of the bank by the amount of the money so deposited.” (p. 397.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cheney v. Johnson
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.