Quick v. Littlejohn’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The remaining ground of defense is that plaintiff is not the owner of the notes. Under the pleadings, defendant is without interest to tender this issue. Plaintiff’s title cannot be contested on its bare denial. Defendant alleges neither fraud, bad faith, loss of instruments, nor that he has a valid defense which he could set up against any other person whomsoever which would not be available against the plaintiff. Peyroux v. Davis, 17 La. 479 ; Butler v. Stewart, 18 La. Ann. 554 ; Hunt v. Stone, 19 La. Ann. 526 ; Klein v. Buckner, 30 La. Ann. 680 ; Scionneaux v. Waguespack, 32 La. Ann. 283 . “The Negotiable Instruments Law (Act 64 of 1904) provides (section 9) that an instrument is payable to bearer when the only or last indorsement is an indorsement in blank.. A negotiable instrument payable to bearer passes by mere delivery. “The holder of a negotiable instrument may sue thereon in his own name, and payment to him in due course discharges the instrument. Act 64 of 1904, § 51. See, also, Civil Code, art. 2145, providing that the payment is valid though not made to the creditor or his representative when the debt is due on an instrument in writing payable to bearer, and the payment is made to one in possession of the original evidence of debt.' “Judgment affirmed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Charbonnet v. Reliance Finance Corporation