National Foundry & Pipe Works, Ltd. v. Oconto Water Co.’s Empirical Analysis
68 F. 1006 · 1895
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1936
5 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Burgess v. Seligman · Hawkins v. Glenn · Sanger v. Upton · National Bank v. Case · Cook v. Tullis
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The case went to hearing upon the pleadings, proofs, and arguments of counsel. The controverted issues raised by the amended pleadings are: First. Whether appellees (the complainant and interveners, U. D. Wood & Co.) had liens upon all of the rights, franchises, and property of the defendant Oconto Water Company and the plant constructed by that company in the city of Oconto, Wis., and, if so, to what extent? Second. Whether, if tliey had such liens, they were assertable against appellants (Andrews and Whit-comb) -who were not parties to the actions in which (he decrees were rendered, or as against appellants’ interest in the property as purchasers at a sale made under a decree of mortgage foreclosure and sale, and if so, were such liens paramount or subordinate to appellants’ interest? Third. Whether appellants were holders of unpaid stock of the defendant Oconto Water Company, and, if so, to what extent? Fourth. Whether there were unsecured creditors of the defendant Oconto Water Company, and, if so, how many and the right amount of the claim of each? Fifth. Whether the bonds of the defendant Oconto Water Company, issued to appellants as collateral security, were void. Sixth. Whether the instruments of mortgage under which appellants claim were made in good faith, and for a valuable consideration, and, if so, whether they were withheld from record by their procurement or with their consent or in fraud of creditors. And, seventh, whether compensation for the services and di”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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