Parrish v. . Hewitt’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Subject to statutory variations, forgery may generally be defined as the false making or materially altering, with intent to defraud, of any writing, which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability.” . . . “The verb ‘forge’ in law means to make a false instrument in similitude of an instrument by which one person could be obligated to another for the purpose of fraud and deceit; to make or alter with intent to defraud.” 37 C.J.S., “Forgery,” Sec. 1. “Blackstone’s definition of forgery (3 Com. 247) as ‘the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man’s rights’ is frequently quoted by the courts, as is Coke’s statement (3 Inst. 169) that ‘to forge is metaphorically taken from the smith who beateth upon his anvil and forgeth what fashion or shape he will. The offense is called crimen falsi, and the offender falsarius, and the Latin word, to forge, as falsari, or fabrican, and is properly taken where the act is done in the name of another person.’ ” 23 Am. Jur., “Forgery,” Sec. 2. See 23 Am. Jur., “Forgery,” Sec. 2, and 37 C.J.S., Forgery, Sec. 1; Words and Phrases, Perm. Ed., title, “Forgery.” “Forgery, at common law, denotes a false making ... a making, malo animo, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud and deceit.” 2 East P. C. 852. “It is the making or altering of a document with intent to defraud or prejudice another so as to make it appear to be a document made by another.” In re W”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peoples Bank & Trust Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.