Carter v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 5 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “, “Now, conceding that R. P. Carter was a householder at the time of the levy, and it appearing that his family consisted of his wife, the respondent, only, he had a right as such householder, if entitled to any exemption whatever, to retain one bed and bedding and other household goods and utensils and furniture, such as he might select, but not exceeding $500 coin in value. Code Civ. Proc. § 486, subd. 3. The respondent, as his representative, selected the ‘bed and bedding’ and certain other household goods, utensils, and furniture, not exceeding $150 in value, none of which were levied upon by the appellant, and then demanded of appellant, in lieu of other property of like character which was not selected, and perhaps not even possessed by her husband, $250, the proceeds of the sale of the live stock above mentioned, none of which was claimed to be exempt at all, and also the sum of $165, the proceeds derived from the sale of the two horses Big Nellie and Fannie. The .claim to this $250, in the hands of the sheriff, is manifestly unfounded in law. The section of the statute referred to authorizes the selection of ‘other household goods, utensils and furniture,’ and prescribes the method and by whom such property may be selected, but confers no right to retain or select other property of a different character in lieu of that authorized to be selected and retained.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Freedman Bros. v. Parker · Hills v. Joseph