Lionberger v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where a debtor conveys his land in fraud of creditors, the creditor may institute his suit to set aside the fraudulent deed and subject the land to the payment of the debt by thus first ascertaining the interest of the debtor therein, or he may sell the land under execution before the ascertainment of the debtor’s interest, and then set aside the fraudulent deed. The purchaser at the execution sale will occupy the same position as if he were the creditor. It is to be regretted that the former course is not more frequently pursued, and thereby avoid the sacrifice of' property and speculation attending such execution sales, of which this case is no exception; but the right of the creditor to pursue either course is well established in this State. [Bobb v. Woodward, 50 Mo. 95 ; Ryland v. Callison, 54 Mo. 513 ; Zoll v. Soper, 75 Mo. 460 .]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Oldham v. Wade