State v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““The mere fact that the property in question was carried by the defendant out of the state, and sold and disposed of in the state of Georgia, would not necessarily show that the offense was committed beyond the jurisdiction of this state. The statute forbids not only the sale but also the disposal of property covered by a lien; and, therefore, while a sale in the state of Georgia would not constitute an offense of which the court of this state could take jurisdiction, yet the carrying of such property beyond the limits of the state, might or might not, according to circumstances, constitute such a disposition of the property as would render one amenable to the provisions of the statute. For example, if a citizen of this state simply rides or drives a horse, covered by a mortgage, across the state line, that, of itself, would certainly not subject him to the penalties of the statute, but if he takes such horse out of the state for the purpose of putting the animal beyond the reach of the mortgagee, then clearly he would be liable to indictment under the statute; and possibly, if without any such purpose, the effect of his taking the mortgaged property beyond the jurisdiction, should prove a defeat of the lien, he might still be liable,” (State v. Rice, 43 S. C. 200, 203.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gorman