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  • Phoenix Mut. Life Ins. v. Kingston Bank & Thust Co.

    172 Tenn. 335 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1938

    Pritchard v. Rebori, 135 Tenn., 328 , 186 S. W., 121 . A plat is sent up with the record showing* the 929 acres and other lands of Brown in this bend of the river. … "Brown obtained tracts 7 and 8 by deed of Crumbliss, clerk and master, to Brown and Qualls and by deed of Qualls of his interest to Brown. .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • Weil v. Mayor of Newbern

    126 Tenn. 223 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 15, 1912

    Richardson v. Marshall County, 100 Tenn., 348 , 349, 45 S. W., 440 ; Colburn v. Railroad Co.; 94 Tenn., 43 , 28 S. W., 298 ; Pulaski v. Gilmore, 3 Shan., 115 . We bave an earlier case (Adams v. … Ann., 1748 , 22 South., 756 , 1008; Parsons v. Monmouth, 70 Me., 262; Knapp v. Hoboken, 39 N. J. Law, 394; Waxahachie v. Brown, 67 Tex., 519 , 4 S. W., 207 ; Austin v. Nalle, 85 Tex., 520, 540 , 22 S. W., 668, 960 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • State v. Irick

    320 S.W.3d 284 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 22, 2010

    Ford v. … See Thompson v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Wilder ex rel. Crosson v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

    477 S.W.2d 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Feb 7, 1972

    Then, in Shelley v. … Finley v. Brown, 122 Tenn. 316 , 123 S.W. 359 (1909) Under that decree, it is clear that any duty toward the child on the part of the deceased workman was abolished.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Strode

    232 S.W.3d 1 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Aug 14, 2007

    Brown. … See Atkins v.

    Cited 71 timesPublished
  • State v. Hatchett

    560 S.W.2d 627 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1978

    See Tackett v. State, supra; Bush v. State, supra; Turner v. State, supra. … E. g., State v. Wilson, 556 S.W.2d 232 (Tenn. 1977); State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329 (Tenn.1977); State v. Johnson, 541 S.W.2d 417 (Tenn.1976); State v. Sneed, 537 S.W.2d 699 (Tenn.1976); State v.

    Cited 336 timesPublished
  • Smith Amusement Co. v. Mayor of Chattanooga

    205 Tenn. 712 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 11, 1959

    Before the general law was enacted in 1957 expressly excluding pinball machines as gambling devices the similar question was presented to this Court in Heartley v. … In International Trading-Stamp Co. v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. Chandler

    547 S.W.2d 918 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Mar 14, 1977

    In Brown v. … Brown v. Illinois, supra was decided June 26, 1975.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Reams v. Bd. of Mayor, Etc., of McMinnville

    153 Tenn. 408 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 6, 1925

    Reams, who sue individually and in their own behalf as taxpayers of the town of McMinnville, and also in behalf of all the other taxpayers in said town, to enjoin the board of mayor and aldermen of the town of McMinnville … of mayor and aldermen, since by their own actions, that is, in submitting this location question to the voters of said town as hereinbefore set forth, the said board of mayor and aldermen, as it is now constituted, wholly

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Graham v. Stull

    21 L.R.A. 241 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 3, 1893

    Curd v. Curd, 9 Hum., 171 ; Sanderlin v. Sanderlin, 1 Swan, 441 ; Bayless v. Bayless, 4 Cold., 359 ; Vincent v. Vincent, 1 Heis., 333; Turner v. Fisher, 4 Sneed, 209 ; Pride v. Watson, 7 Heis., 232; Rice v. … Lisenbee v. Holt, 1 Sneed, 50 ; Hawkins v. Pearce, 11 Hum., 44 ; Emmett v. Emmett, 14 Lea, 369 ; Prater v. Prater , 3 Pickle, 78 ; Holland v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Serv-U-Mart, Inc. v. Sullivan County

    527 S.W.2d 121 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1975

    Jones v. Sullivan County Beer Board, 200 Tenn. 301 , 292 S.W.2d 185 (1956), established the rule that the measurement is made in a direct line. Appellant conceded in open court that Jones controlled that issue. … Heggie v. Hayes, 141 Tenn. 219 , 208 S.W. 605 (1918); Tennessee Oil Company v. McCanless, 178 Tenn. 683 , 162 S.W.2d 1081 (1941); Troxell v. State, 179 Tenn. 384 , 166 S.W.2d 777 (1942). II.

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Horner v. Atkinson

    177 Tenn. 660 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1941

    A distinction was taken *667 between the right of the sheriff to purchase supplies for his nse in boarding and upkeep of his prisoners, and supplies for County purposes paid for from County funds. And in Collier v. … State ex rel. v. Williford, 104 Tenn., 694, 695 , 58 S. W. 295 ; State ex rel. Brown v. Folk County, 165 Tenn., 196, 198 , 54 S. W. (2d), 714 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Mitchell v. Calloway

    3 Shan. Cas. 636 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1875

    Apperson v. Harris, MS. opinion, Jackson, 1873. … Wa understand the law to have been settled in this state, since the case of Hughlett v.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Fielder v. Pemberton

    136 Tenn. 440 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1916

    Brown, probated April 26, 1881, and recorded in Scott county, May 11, 1881; (5) Deed from George F. Brown’s executor, William S. Yard, to John W. Fielder, dated May 2, 1883, and recorded July 24, 1883. … Brown, nor in admitting the certified copy of the will of George P. Brown. These are the only two instruments in the Scott chain of title which are called in question.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Campbell v. Home Ice & Coal Co.

    126 Tenn. 524 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1912

    Rep., 710 ; Eger v. Brown, 77 Kan. 510 , 94 Pac. 803 , 15 L. R. A. (N. S.), 459; McDougall v. Murray, 57 Wash., 76 , 106 Pac., 490 , 26 L. R. A. (N. S.), 159 and notes. It is shown in the evidence that James F. … Lowry v. Brown, 1 Cold., 456 . It is insisted by the Ice Company that it was in open possession of the property, and that this was notice to Crumley, when he bought.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. Allen

    220 Tenn. 222 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 7, 1967

    McCrady, 174 Tenn. 162 , 124 S.W.2d 248 ; Vinson v. Fentress, 33 Tenn.App. 359 , 232 S.W.2d 272 ; and City of Nashville v. Brown, 25 Tenn.App. 340 , 157 S.W.2d 612 . … See Wilson v. Maury County Board of Education, 42 Tenn.App. 315 , 302 S.W.2d 502 , and authorities therein cited. This general immunity of counties is stated in 25 Am.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Clements v. Roberts

    144 Tenn. 129 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1920

    In Turnpike v. Brown, 8 Baxt., 490 , 35 Am. … Again, in State ex rel. v. Board of Inspectors, 114 Tenn., 516 , 86 S.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Robertson v. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Co.

    116 Tenn. 221 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1905

    Aaron V. Brown died leaving a will in which *223 he divided Ms estate between Ojnthia H. … In Derby v. Derby, 4 R.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Laughlin Clinic, Inc. v. Henley

    208 Tenn. 252 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Apr 5, 1961

    Lynch v. La Rue, 198 Tenn. 101, 104 , 278 S.W.2d 85 . … Tomes v. Gray & Dudley Company, 201 Tenn. 697 , 301 S.W.2d 389 . Moreover, the ruling in the Tomes case and in American Casualty Insurance Company v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Red River Furnace Co. v. Tennessee Central Railroad

    113 Tenn. 697 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1903

    Since the case of State v. … Tbe import of these cases may be condensed in a paragraph from Sykes v. Mayor, 55 Miss., 137 , embodied and approved in tbe opinion of tbe court in Grenada Supervisors v. Brown, 112 U. S., 261 , 5 Sup. Ct., 125, 28 L.

    Cited 10 timesPublished

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