Aniba v. Yeomans’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The (blank or unqualified) indorsement upon a negotiable promissory note is something more than the mere transfer of the interest of the payee therein. It includes also the personal undertaking of the indorser that if the note is not paid at maturity, upon notice of that fact he will pay the same. Indeed it goes farther and may pass a perfect title to the indorsee and enable him to recover from the makers, in cases where the payee could not have recovered. The right or interest passing therefore under the usual and customary indorsement is much greater than the mere right, title and interest of the payee, and where the transfer as made only attempts to pass the title and interest of the payee of the note, no greater right or interest than he then held can pass. The transfer in this case gave Yeomans (assignee) the same rights that Aniba (payee) then had, but none other or greater.” Aniba v. Yeomans, 39 Mich. 171 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fecko v. Tarczynski

2. ““I hereby transfer my right, title and interest of the within note to. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fecko v. Tarczynski