Morrow v. Stanley’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Demuth v. Old Town Bank · Dickey, Tansley & Co. v. Pocomoke City National Bank · Byles v. Tome · Western Maryland Railroad Land & Improvement Co. v. Goodwin · Aldridge v. Weems
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““•25. The title to all promissory notes and other instruments hereafter made, and debts hereafter contracted, secured by mortgage or deeds in the nature of a mortgage, shall both before and after the maturity of such notes, other instruments or debts, bo conclusively presumed to be vested in the person, persons or body corporate holding the record title to such mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage; and if such mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage is duly released of reeord, the promissory notes, other instruments or debts secured by such mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage, shall both before and after the maturity of such promissory notes, other instruments or debts, be conclusively presumed to be paid so far as any lien upon the property conveyed by said mortgage or deed in the nature of a mortgage is concerned.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sapero v. Neiswender
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.