Kiser v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““He was not necessarily the owner of a pro tanto interest in the collections, unless and until he had actually appropriated such interest to the payment of his claims or manifested a clear intention of doing so. He has done neither. In this case the form of the deposit correctly represents the real status of the fund. It can make no difference that the county still owes the collector his commissions, if it does; the fact remains that no part of the funds deposited had been appropriated or applied to such claim. There has been no segregation of the funds, either actual or equitable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Austin v. Fox

2. ““The law will look through all semblances and forms to ascertain the actual fact as to whether or not there has been a bona fide deposit made; and if not, the guaranty'fund does not protect the transaction, no matter how it may be evidenced.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Austin v. McCary