Furth v. Snell’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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

1. ““We are unable to agree with respondents’ contention in the premises. While we have an assignment law which provides that an insolvent debtor may turn his property over ior the benefit of his creditors, and by so doing, under some circumstances, may obtain a discharge of his indebtedness, and while a preference of creditors in such transaction will not be permitted, yet the assignment itself is not compulsory. It is entirely optional with the debtor whether he will avail himself of the provisions of this act. If he does not choose to resort-to proceedings in insolvency, there is no way of compelling him to do so, and we have previously held that a debtor, even if in failing circumstances, may in good faith dispose of his entire property for the purpose of paying a portion of his debts, although other debts are left unsatisfied. Turner v. Bank, 2 Wash. St. 192 , 26 Pac. 256 ; Ephraim v. Kelleher, 4 Wash. 243 , 29 Pac. 985 ; Benham v. Ham, 5 Wash. 128 , 31 Pac. 459 ; Samuel v. Kittenger, 6 Wash. 261 , 33 Pac. 509 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Drake v. Paulhamus