227 Mo. App. 670 - Duzan v. Cantley’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This contention is on the theory that the purpose and intent of the legislation in behalf of veterans is to protect the money from all claims ... not only until it comes into the hands of the beneficiary, but also until the latter has himself spent it. We think this is not the correct construction or interpretation to be placed thereon. In our view, funds thus arising are not thus protected after they have once come into the hands of the beneficiary. They have then become his absolute property, and having once come into his hands are no longer an object of solicitude or care on the part of the government. The latter is careful to protect the fund until the beneficiary receives it, but no further. This seems to be clear from the use and subsequent reiteration of the word “payable.” So long as a fund is “payable” to a person it has not reached his hands, but when it has, it can no longer be said to be payable to him_ (Emphasis in original).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SSM Health Care System v. Bartel