Campbell v. Berryman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the testimony of the witnesses itself showed such inconsistency as made it unworthy of belief, there was no necessity for showing either general bad character or lack of truthfulness. Their testimony, in such a case, if it shows clearly, as claimed here, that it is unworthy of belief, destroys itself. I think it is perfectly evident that if the master agreed with the contention for the plaintiff and consequently thought the testimony of Berryman and Mrs. Cheek not only failed to show that the transaction was bona fide, but showed the contrary, and that it was fraudulent and void, he had a right to so hold. As I understand it, he felt he could not hold that the transfers were not bona fide when they swore they were, although he may have believed the testimony was ample, outside of their own statements as to the bona fides of the transaction, to show that this was not true.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Campbell v. Berryman

2. ““The plaintiff having introduced the defendants as his witnesses, though he might show they were mistaken, cannot take the position that they are unworthy of belief; hence, the evidence being insufficient to show the defendants are mistaken in their testimony as to the material points in the case, the plaintiff is hound by their evidence, and the result is necessarily a finding in favor of the defendants.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Campbell v. Berryman