Nelson v. Thompson’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. ““Article 2310, R.S.1925, reads: “ ‘When property within the limits of this State has been placed in the hands of a receiver who has taken charge of such property, such receiver may, in his official capacity, sue or be sued in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the cause of action, without leave of the court appointing him. If judgment is recovered against said receiver, the court shall order said judgment paid out of any funds in the hands of said receiver as such receiver’. “Obviously, this statute authorizes suits against receivers in their official capacities in any court having jurisdiction of the causes of action. The statute is broad enough to embrace any kind of a suit, except one that interferes with the possession, custody, control and disposition of property in the hands of a receiver. The determination of the question of indebtedness, due to an unauthorized disposition of one’s property, is clearly within the power of a District Court, and such creditor has the undoubted right to have the court determine the question of his debt. He is not compelled to assert his rights in the court appointing the receiver.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carson v. Hilley