Holley v. Owens’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Section 3. In order to affect third persons, every chattel mortgage must be by authentic act, or by private act, duly authenticated in any manner provided by law. A multiple original of every such act of mortgage shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Mortgages of the parish where the mortgaged property is to be located according to the terms of the mortgage instrument and also in the office of the Recorder of Mortgages of the parish of the mortgagors' domicile, if the mortgagor is domiciled in the State. If the mortgagor is not domiciled in the State, filing in the office of the Recorder of Mortgages of the parish where the property is to be located according to the terms of the mortgage instrument, will be sufficient. Upon receipt of the instrument the Recorder of Mortgages shall note thereon the date, hour and minute of receiving it and shall record it in their respective offices. It shall further be the duty of the Recorder of Mortgages to immediately cause to be indorsed on the instrument his certificate of recordation. For these services each Recorder of Mortgages shall receive 50 cents. "Section 4. Every such mortgage shall be effective as against third persons from the time of the filing in the proper offices, and the filing shall be notice to all parties of the existence of the mortgage, which shall be superior in rank to any privilege or preference arising subsequently thereto.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 26 So. 2d 331 - Sinclair v. Crew