Molk v. Micklewright’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably Lopinto v. Haines (1981), National Broadcasting Co. v. Rose (1965)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Martyn v. Donlin · Camp Isabella Freedman of Connecticut, Inc. v. Town of Canaan · Taylor v. Hamden Hall School, Inc. · First National Bank v. National Grain Corporation · Murphy v. Murphy
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not necessarily have to move from the mortgagee to the mortgagor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In her special defense, the defendant alleges that the mortgage deed was improperly executed and that it had never been delivered by the decedent or her agents to the plaintiff. The burden of proving these affirmative defenses rested on the defendant. Bell v. Bloom, 146 Conn. 307, 309 , 150 A.2d 300 ; First National Bank of Bridgeport v. National Grain Corporation, 103 Conn. 657, 662 , 131 A. 404 . * * * Possession of the deed by the grantee and the execution of the attestation clause are prima facie proof of delivery. Bell v. Bloom, supra, 146 Conn. 308 , 150 A.2d 300 , and cases cited. The defendant did not sustain her burden of proof with respect to these special defenses.” Molk v. Micklewright, 151 Conn. 606 , 201 A.2d 183, 185 , (1964).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.