Curtis v. Richards & Vantine’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 24 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the facts alleged are presumptively within the knowledge of the defendant, he must deny positively, and a denial of information or belief will bo treated as an evasion. Thus, for example, in reference to instruments in writing alleged to have been executed by the defendant, a positive answer will alone satisfy the requirements of the statute. If the defendant has forgotten the execution of the instruments, or doubts the correctness of their description, or of the copies in the complaint, he should, before answering, take the requisite steps to obtain an inspection of the originals. If the facts alleged are not such as must be within the personal knowledge of the defendant, he may answer according to his in formation and belief. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Oregonian Ry. Co. v. Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co.

2. ““If the facts alleged in the complaint are presumptively within the knowledge of the defendant, he must answer positively, and a denial upon information and belief will be treated as an evasion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Peacock v. United States