Luke v. Security Storage Van Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We know of no rule of law in this State which requires that a bailee for hire, in order to escape liability for loss by fire of goods entrusted to it, must show exactly how the fire originated. All that is required is that the bailee must show that it was free of negligence ; that it did all that a reasonably prudent person would have done in looking after the goods entrusted to it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Niagara Fire Insurance v. Shuff

2. “* * * When the bailee shows that the property was destroyed by fire, and there is nothing in the showing made by the bailee to indicate that there was fault or negligence on his part, the burden of proof rests upon the bailor to show that there was fault or negligence on the part of the bailee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pacific Fire Ins. Co. v. Eunice Motor Car Co.

3. ““It is true that there was no sprinkler system in the building, hut we do not think that it can be said that the mere failure to install such a system constitutes negligence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gutknecht v. Wagner Bros. Moving & Storage Co.