Beggs & Co. v. Bartels’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 7 district · 13 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The property was delivered upon the cars at New York, to be transported, to Connecticut. In pursuance of the terms oí the agreement, it was taken by Roberts [the vendee] to Stamford, and a year afterwards was attached there by a Connecticut creditor of Roberts. While the formal execution of the contract was in New York, the principal acts necessary to effect its objects were by the terms of the contract to bo performed in Connecticut. As affording to the plaintiffs a security upon the property described, and as trans-ferrin:; to Roberts the apparent ownership of the property by giving to him the possession, the right to use, and even the right to affix it to realty, and as granting him the absolute title upon payment of the purchase price, the contractor was intended to have its operation upon property situated in Connecticut. * * * The transaction was begun in New York, but was to bo performed and completed here [Connecticut], and the parties must be held to have contracted with reference to the law of this state, and that law must govern. * * * ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Hood Bay Packing Co. · United States-Alaska Packing Co. v. Luketa

2. ““That general rule does not apply when it appears that the contract is to be performed or is to have its beneficial operation and effect elsewhere, or that it is made with reference to the laws of another place.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Iowa Guarantee Mortgage Corp. v. Kingery