Evans v. Cheatham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every conveyance or assignment, in writing or otherwise, of any estate or interest in lands, or in goods and chattels, or things in action * * * and every bond, suit, judgment, decree or execution, made or contrived with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors or other persons of their lawful actions, damages, forfeitures, debts or demands, as against creditors and purchasers prior and subsequent, shall be void.” (Emphasis added.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kelker v. Hendricks · 218 F. Supp. 769 - Bank of Sun Prairie v. Hovig

2. ““While the general rule is that a fraudulent intent on the- part of the grantor is necessary to bring conveyances within the terms of the statutes, it is well settled that fraud may arise as an inference of law, 'and that, when a conveyance is made under such circumstances that the result must necessarily be to hinder and delay creditors, it will be presumed that such was the intent of the transferor in making it.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 218 F. Supp. 769 - Bank of Sun Prairie v. Hovig · 111 F. Supp. 705 - Sieb's Hatcheries, Inc. v. Lindley