Pleasanton v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 6 district · 12 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is undoubtedly the policy of this state to require mortgagees to make affidavit of the bona fidcs of the consideration mentioned in mortgages in order to give them priority over creditors. Our statute requiring that to be done has proven to be a wise and salutary one, for there have been instances where the parties might not have been influenced by motives of honesty and fair dealing, but were deterred by fear of the penalties imposed for perjury from making mortgages and bills of sale for feigned considerations. The tendency of our legislation has, therefore, been to enlarge, rather than to limit, the operation of such laws.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sandler v. Freeny

2. ““It would therefore not only be repugnant to the policy of this state, but contrary to the very letter of the statute, if this mortgage be upheld and declared superior to the attachments issued by parties who are not shown by the record to have had any notice of the existence of the mortgage when the debts due them were incurred.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Riehl