Hussey v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 32 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Ordinarily, in the absence of special limitations, trustees bind themselves personally-by their contracts with third persons-. Actions at law upon such contracts must be brought against them, and judgments run against them personally. This-is because the relations of the cestuis que trust to their contracts are only equitable, and do not subject them to proceedings in a court of common law, and the property held in trust is charged with equities which hold it aloof from the jurisdiction of a court of law to take it and apply it in payment of debts created by the trustees. Such debts, if proper charges upon the trust estate, can be paid from it under the authority of a eourt of equity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parker v. Eddy

2. ““Tlie agreement creating tlie trust has peculiar provisions. The object of it, apparently, was to obtain for the associates most of the advantages belonging to corporations, without the authority of any legislative act, and with freedom from the restrictions and regulations imposed by law upon corporations.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Malley v. Howard