Mullen v. Thaxton’s Empirical Analysis
1909
Citation profile
74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently December 1990 · most notably Jacobsen v. Howard (1933), Wingate v. Render (1916)
74 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 Law v. Cross · Frick v. Reynolds · Ricker Nat. Bank v. Stone · Citizen Bank v. Carey · Smith v. Armour Packing Co.
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The rule is well established that the improper admission or reiection of evidence, if not prejudicial to the party complaining, is not ground for reversal.” (Mullen v. Thaxton, 24 Okla. 643, 104 Pac. 359 .)”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““The court, in every stage of action, must disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which does not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party; and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““This was the theory of the defense, and the theory upon which the case was tried by both sides. But, even though the facts alleged in the answer may not have constituted a • defense, yet, under the circumstances of this case, we cannot see how the plaintiff was harmed by the order overruling it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. Arends
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.