Security State Bank v. Clovis Mill & Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 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. “"Appellant contended, and introduced testimony tending to prove, that there was a custom in Curry county at the time the grain in question was bought, for purchasers dealing in grain to rely upon evidence furnished them by mortgagors as to the existence of mortgages on grain crops, so that grain dealers would be protected against buying mortgaged property. * * *"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clovis National Bank v. Thomas

2. “The rule is that a description in the mortgage which, aided by such inquiries as a reasonably prudent man would make under the circumstances and which the mortgage itself indicates, will lead a third person to the information, is sufficient. The description of the crop was not so indefinite as to invalidate the chattel mortgage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Selby v. Roggow

3. “"* * * The custom, however, cannot prevail against a statute which requires purchasers of mortgaged property to take notice of such chattel mortgages when filed in the office of the county clerk. A custom will not prevail against a statute or the terms of a contract in conflict with it." * * * * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clovis National Bank v. Thomas