Thomas v. Kind’s Empirical Analysis

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1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We reach the. conclusion that the legislative purpose was as expressly stated, that judgment in a case of this sort, where a breach is found, shall go for ‘the full penalty thereofthat being treated as liquidated damages; but that the court may apply the proceeds, primarily, to the satisfaction of existing judgment indebtedness. This, we think, is not only the plain meaning of the bond, but is supported by authorities in general.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hackbarth

2. ““. . . the full penalty of the bond was recoverable by the state, notwithstanding the facts that no' judgment for damages had been recovered by anyone against the principal by reason of the breach of the conditions of the bond, and no penalties or forfeiture had been incurred under the chapter, of which sec. 1549 was a part.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hackbarth

3. ““It must be presumed, in the absence of anything showing a contrary intention, that when the legislature, in 1934, incorporated into sec. 176.10 language which theretofore had been construed by this court in State v. Helmann, supra, it intended that it should mean what this court had construed it to mean.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hackbarth