Ogden v. Reddish’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““The mortgages of the bank, required by law to be recorded, having been recorded within four months of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, and at a time when the mortgagor was insolvent, the effect thereof being to enable the bank to obtain a greater percentage of its claims than other creditors of the same class, a preference arose under section 60a. Was it voidable under section 60b? In other words, did the bank have reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference? The bank knew that the mortgagor was insolvent, and that a preference was in fact then created, but, in a strict sense, it cannot be said that it had reasonable cause to believe that one was intended. While the situation is somewhat anomalous, we believe that it was within the spirit of the amended act, and that the voidable element is established by the knowledge of the bank when its mortgages were recorded that the mortgagor was insolvent and contemplated a disposition of his property.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Covington v. Brigman

2. ““These three tilings must have existed at either of two.particular times, to wit: Either at the time of making the mortgage, or at the time of its recording.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Covington v. Brigman